Język jako świadectwo polskiej tożsamości narodowej Warmiaków i Mazurów. Utwory realizmu socjalistycznego na usługach propagandy związanej z Ziemiami Odzyskanymi
Language as Evidence of Polish National Identity of the Inhabitants of Warmia and Masuria. Social Realist Pieces of Writing Serving the Propaganda Connected with the Regained Territories

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a vision of the history of Warmia and Masuria created by the Social Realist propaganda. The author proves that social realist writers and poets made the Polish language a symbol of the Polish identity of the inhabitants of Warmia and Masuria. For this purpose she inspects who and in what circumstances used the Polish language, in what way people expressed their commitment to the language, and what value it had for the people living in former East Prussia. Sheshows that it was Polish schools, teachers, magazines, folk artists as well as peasants that played a special role. The author analyzes poems and short stories written in the time of Social Realism which were to prove the forever-lasting Polish identity of the Regained Territories.

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