Pooh, Uszatek, Fantazy… and others. Teddy Bear in children literature Cover Image

Puchatek, Uszatek, Fantazy… i Spółka. Miś w literaturze dla dzieci
Pooh, Uszatek, Fantazy… and others. Teddy Bear in children literature

Author(s): Michał Mesjasz
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Other Language Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: literary hero; children literature; teddy bear in literature;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the texts for children, both Polish and foreign, whose hero was a plush toy, a teddy bear. The object of the description were books: Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne, a series of Bear Fantazy by Ewa Karwan-Jastrzębska, a series of Bear Uszatek by Czesław Janczarski, Przygody misia Kazimierza by Paulina Wilk, Pamiętnik Czarnego Noska by Janina Porazińska, Bohaterski Miś by Bronisława Ostrowska and Tomi Ungerer’s Otto. The place of action were both fantastic land, as well as the real world – a flat, a nursery, a farm, etc. It was noted that the plush toys differed in the degree of anthropomorphizing and their adventures in addition to the entertainment value, also provide educational content. The creators of literary texts presented the story both from the point of view of an omniscient narrator, and appealed to the form of a diary and autobiography, whose "authors" were forms of teddy bears.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 249-262
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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