O istocie żywych bytów w literaturze dla dzieci (na przykładzie prozy Justyny Bednarek)
On the essence of living entities in children’s literature

Author(s): Alicja Ungeheuer-Gołąb
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: literature for children; prose by Justyna Bednarek; somaesthetics; sensuality of a literary character
Summary/Abstract: The author considers the concept of “living being” which is born in the consciousness of the recipient during the act of reading. It is, according to the researcher, proposed by the text, but it is not only in the text, in some part of it is also in the recipient. In the article on the literary material (prose works of Justyna Bednarek), it is shown how the sensuality of a literary character influences his or her “literary life” and allows him or her to materialize in the consciousness of the reader. The individual characters of the text entitled Mr Kardan and the adventure with vetustas are here analyzed for their sensuality and the possibility of literature reception by the child. The researcher draws attention to the type of a character, the situation in which she is found, a feature outline, as well as the narrative method appropriate for the mentioned writer. It assumes that the sensuality of the character, its corporeality in the aspect of somaticity, is what makes him or her a being that lives in the reader.

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