Dlaczego nauczanie poezji jest ważne?
Why teaching poetry is important?

Author(s): Natalia Spychalska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: poetry; education; interpretation; aesthetics;curriculum;
Summary/Abstract: The article Why teaching poetry is important? is devoted to methods of teaching poetry at school. The starting point is an analysis of the curricula at all stages of education. The issue of readership in Poland also becomes an important research context. Searching for the answer to the question raised in the title, leads us through evaluation of various approaches to teaching poetry at school and an analysis of the selection of texts for students. The influence of popular culture on young people imagination seems to be equally important in the context of the considered issue. Teaching poetry might become a pivotal way of creating young readers’ sensitivity in opposition to the meager message conveyed by popular culture.The arguments presented in the article refer to a few layers of influence lyrics have on the reader. Interpretation is treated as a way of practicing analysis and synthesis of formally complicated and ambiguous texts. Moreover, interacting with various poetic works is shown as a possibility for mature interpretation. An aesthetic experience and its influence on the shaping of human sensitivity become a key point. The author believes that the universal values conveyed in literature might enrich a young reader with multiple, entirely new experiences. Furthermore, learner’s interest in reading poetry equals a sense of elitism and uniqueness, which seems to be sought after in the contemporary world.

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