The World of the Child in Selected Poems by Joanna Kulmowa
The World of the Child in Selected Poems by Joanna Kulmowa

Summary/Abstract: “Children’s need for miracles” has been accentuated aselements appearing in the selected poems by Joanna Kulmowa,which allow the child to be amazed by the world;they are a predicator to the appearance of tutoring. Theastonishment with the world, as a place full of lyricism, enablesthe consolidation of identity by the emergence of thechild’s “I”. Not judging and classifying. Subjectivity is emphasized:the seriousness of the child’s world, understandingoneself, transforming the world, individuality, respect,acceptance, cooperation, responsibility, independence,sense of agency and dialogue. It was concluded that themain “miracle” is dialogue which: requires presence to beastonished by the world; raises the child’s responsibilityfor another person; cannot be deprived of love; manifestsitself in the “question-cry “ for presence as a result of trustin the subject of the relationship.The objectives of the study were: to define dialogue asBettelheim’s “miracle” in selected poems by J. Kulmowa;demonstrate that selected poems of J. Kulmowa are dialogical.The aim of the article was to: present the “miracles” inthe child’s world in selected poems by Joanna Kulmowa.The method of hermeneutics was used based on the methodologyof Wolfgang Klafka. It seems important that sofar the selected poetry of J. Kulmowa has not been interpretedin relation to Bettelheim’s concept of “miracle” andits connection with the philosophy of dialogue, pedagogyand literary studies at the same time.

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