Powieki Michała Rusinka w świetle dziecięcych interpretacji
Eyelids by Michał Rusinek in the Light of Children’s Interpretations

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to identify children’s ways of understand- ing and interpreting the book Eyelids by Michał Rusinek (2012). The material for the study (preceded by an analysis of the iconotext) was provided by educational classes, and it was conducted in a preschool department in one of the community primary schools in Łódź. The study was set in a qualitative paradigm (participatory observation), and the researchers put themselves in the role of interpretively en- gaged observer-as-participants. By analysing the workshop, state- ments and artistic concretisations, it was possible to identify chil- dren’s interpretations of the categories of characters, the relationships between them and the world in which they live. During the session with Rusinek’s work, interpretative potential was revealed, referring primarily to the emotional and social dimension. The participants also suggested alternative plot solutions on the basis of excerpts from the story about mice in distress, thus reducing the tensions created by dealing with emotionally charged topics. The organisation of educa- tional situations based on the book Eyelids is part of the discussion on how to confront children with challenging issues that are on the edge of cultural taboos. The way in which the text is received makes it pos- sible to believe that it may be revisited in early childhood education.

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