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Kilka refleksji o problemach zdrowotnych bohaterów Trylogii Henryka Sienkiewicza
A Few Reflections on the Health Problems of the Heroes in Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy

Author(s): Weronika Kocela
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: medicine; disease; literature; Trilogy; Henryk Sienkiewicz

Summary/Abstract: This essay focuses on the medical motifs in Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy, which relate to various types of diseases (dangerous and mild ones) as well as the methods of fighting them. It primarily attempts to find and explain the reasons for the use of such motifs in literature and to examine their impact on building a specific image of the hero and creating the reality in which he functions.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 53-64
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish