Chmurdalia Joanny Bator na zajęciach z języka polskiego jako obcego, czyli wstyd, tabu i literatura
Joanna Bator’s “Chmurdalia” in a Polish as a Foreign Language Class or Shame, Taboo, and Literature

Author(s): Izabela Wieczorek
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: cultural differences; worldview; cultural taboo
Summary/Abstract: The article gathers observations on the use of fragments of the novel Chmurdalia by Joanna Bator in the process of teaching foreigners at intermediate and advanced levels of Polish. The lesson script was developed and implemented at AMU School of Polish Language and Culture for Foreign Students. The aim of the lesson was to develop literary competence and language skills of students, as well as to deepen their knowledge and develop reading skills. This was done by bringing closer cultural contexts contained in the novel, as well as making students aware of sociolinguistic rules and the existence of individual differences in the way of seeing and describing the world. A review of the topics contained in the novel, which are commonly regarded as embarrassing or controversial (age, appearance, social origin, religion, poverty, loneliness, homophobia, nationalism), required the introduction of the concept of cultural taboos. Familiarizing students with the author and the characters from the novel facilitated learning of useful language functions, e.g. expressing opinions, judgments, and beliefs.

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