Leśmianowska adaptacja „Ali Baby i czterdziestu zbójców” w kontekście pedagogiki postępowej Stanisława Karpowicza

Abstract

Dedicated to Leśmian’s version of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", the article consists of three parts which aim to show that – although the text is basically a synthesis of other sources – it is a reinterpretation of the famous story and refers to Karpowicz’s progressive pedagogy. In the first part, Leśmian’s fairy tale is compared with Polish translations of Grimm and Galland’s adaptations in order to highlight differences with the originals and analyse them in the second part. Since Leśmian posed questions related to aesthetics, science and ethics, thus subtly criticizing the capitalist system, it is essential to take into account the socialist publishing context of the adaptation (in the third part of the article), focusing on Karpowicz’s influence on children’s literature published by Mortkowicz.