Popular Articles in Gazeta Kielecka. Selected Problems Cover Image

Teksty popularne na łamach „Gazety Kieleckiej”. Wybrane zagadnienia
Popular Articles in Gazeta Kielecka. Selected Problems

Author(s): Katarzyna Muszyńska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Media studies, Social history, Polish Literature, Theory of Communication, 19th Century, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: popular texts; popular literature; popular genres; Kielce; Kielce Newspaper; second half of the 19th century; province; communication strategies;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper is popular literary and paraliterary texts published in Gazeta Kielecka (Kielce Newspaper) in the second half of 19th century. The aim of this research is to outline the general picture of popular literature in the provincial area of the Kielce Governorate. Analyzed topics are related to the ideological formation of the journal’s program line. Furthermore, this study draws attention to the general types and genres of popular texts appearing in this periodical, which often turn out to be difficult to unambiguously assign. The author describes the role of such texts as well as the journal’s communication strategies. Morever, further research could answer questions about the similarities and differences in the role of popular literature in the province and in large urban center, which would shed new light on the center periphery relation.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 297-315
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish