“… will she understand it?” — language, interpersonal and interspecific communicationin the novel  Czarna, Klifka, and secrets from the seabed [Czarna, Klifka i tajemnice z dna morza] by Barbara Gawryluk Cover Image

„…czy ona to zrozumie?” — język, komunikacja międzyludzka i międzygatunkowa w powieści Barbary Gawryluk pt. Czarna, Klifka i tajemnice z dna morza
“… will she understand it?” — language, interpersonal and interspecific communicationin the novel Czarna, Klifka, and secrets from the seabed [Czarna, Klifka i tajemnice z dna morza] by Barbara Gawryluk

Author(s): Krystyna Zabawa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: : Gawryluk; communication; animals; interspecies communication; children’s litera ture; foreign languages learning; Swedish; English;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, Krystyna Zabawa analyses Barbara Gawryluk’s novel for older children Czarna, Klifka i tajemnice z dna morza [Czarna, Klifka and the secrets from the seabed] from the perspective of the commentaries this novel makes on language issues and on aspects of inter personal as well as interspecies communication. Zabawa identifies the ways in which the novel presents foreign languages (Swedish and English) and how it encourages young readers to learn them. Zabawa interprets Gawryluk’s novel a text about communication problems and about the conditions necessary for mutual understanding among people. She also analyses passages in the novel that address human-animal and animal-animal communication.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 1-11
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish