„Dajmy dzieciom to, co mamy najlepszego” O podstawie pedagogicznej działu literatury dla dzieci i młodzieży wydawnictwa Jakuba Mortkowicza
“Let us give children the best we have” About the basis of the pedagogical literature for children and teenagers of Jakub Mortkowicz publication house

Author(s): Katia Vandenborre
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Children and youth literature; Polish literature; pedagogy; aesthetics;ethics;
Summary/Abstract: The catchword “Let us give children the best we have”, which Jakub and Janina Mortkowicz gave to the children’s section that they founded in 1906, suggests that their publishing activity in the fi eld of children and youth literature was inspired by contemporary pedagogy. In the present paper an attempt is made to test this hypothesis by paying attention to two essays published in 1904: Główne cechy i zadania literatury powszechnej dla młodzieży [The main features and tasks of youth literature] by Stanisław Karpowicz and O wychowaniu estetycznym [On the aesthetic education] by Janina Mortkowiczowa herself. The analysis of their content and examples of their infl uence on books published by Mortkowicz should prove that Karpowicz and Mortkowiczowa’s essays form the pedagogical foundation of the children’s section of Mortkowicz’s publishing house.

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