Literature as a Remedy for the (De)sensitization of the Contemporary Child. Attempt of Practical Approach Using the Theme of War
Literature as a Remedy for the (De)sensitization of the Contemporary Child. Attempt of Practical Approach Using the Theme of War

Summary/Abstract: The text is theoretical in its nature and deals with the subject of the influence of literature on the child in early school age in terms of af- fecting the sensitivity of the recipient. The author considers the phe- nomenon of (de)sensitization as a process that would help the mod- ern child to accept taboo phenomena on the example of the subject of war. The article refers to the theory of the Highly Sensitive Child and the “bitter-sweet” impact of art, recalling the works of Elaine Aron and Susan Cain. It was emphasized that the child’s hypersensi- tivity to certain images or sounds is related not only to natural stages of development, but also, or perhaps mainly, to individual predisposi- tions to sensitivity to stimuli. The considerations included in the ar- ticle also refer to war-themed texts for children published in Poland. The researcher provides a list of reading materials that may be inter- esting for contemporary child readers, but are not part of the school canon. The text is supplemented by a practical example of working with Liliana Bardijewska’s work entitled Karim’s Cat and Pictures with the use of a board game as a form of work with text at the level of grades I–III of primary school.

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