Australia in Polish Literature

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Keywords:

Australian motifs, Polish literature

Abstract

Australia has never became a popular topic in Polish literature. However, it was present in Polish writings since the Age of Enlightenment. The aim of the text is to analyse different ways in which Australian motifs were used in different literary works.

Author Biography

Magdalena Bąk, dr hab., Instytut Nauk o Literaturze Polskiej im. I. Opackiego, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Polska.

Jej zainteresowania badawcze skupiają się wokół problemów związanych z literaturą romantyzmu. Bada także wątki australijskie i portugalskie w literaturze polskiej (szczególnie dziewiętnastowiecznej). Jest autorką publikacji: Mickiewicz jako erudyta (w okresie wileńsko-kowieńskim i rosyjskim) (2004), Pan Australski i złoto Wiktorii. Wspomnienia Seweryna Korzelińskiego (2011), Twórczy lęk Słowackiego. Antagonizm wieszczów po latach (2013), Gdzie diabeł (tasmański) mówi dobranoc. Wizerunek Australii w literaturze polskiej (2014), „Gdzie ziemia się kończy, a morze zaczyna”. Szkice polsko-portugalskie (2016, wspólnie z L. Romaniszyn-Ziomek).

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2020-12-16

How to Cite

Bąk, M. (2020). Australia in Polish Literature. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 8(2), 225–239. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/PPol/article/view/10713

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2011): Teatr i dramat polski po 1989 r.

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Varia

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