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W obronie literackich opisów przyrody
In defence of literary descriptions of nature

Author(s): Kwiryna Handke
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Semantics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: writer; description; nature

Summary/Abstract: Descriptions of nature are usually skipped by readers and treated as boring fragments. It is typical of school children. Descriptions of nature were one of the types of descriptions, which were a typical literary technique of the 19th century. Descriptions of nature de facto contain numerous values: artistic, esthetic, cognitive and educational, which has been presented in the article and illustrated with various fragments taken from the books written by Stefan Żeromski, an outstanding Polish creator of images of nature.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 5-17
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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