http://hdl.handle.net/11320/1274 2026-03-14T17:10:41Z 2026-03-14T17:10:41Z Karczewski, Kacper http://hdl.handle.net/11320/1280 2021-04-08T10:01:12Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: More than just "Iron Man": A Brief History of Comic Books and Graphic Novels Autorzy: Karczewski, Kacper Abstrakt: Comic books and graphic novels are a significant part of today’s culture. Popularity of blockbuster movies about superheroes such as "Iron Man" or "The Dark Knight" clearly indicates that stories created for the comic medium can captivate large audiences. Unfortunately, such stories are often considered to be lacking in substance and are often perceived as a very simple form of entertainment. The aim of this article is to briefly show how comic books and graphic novels developed throughout history. While observing how this form evolved, it is much easier to notice that this medium can actually be used to tackle serious subject matter and, contrary to popular belief, even superhero stories can have a significant level of dept

2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Monachowicz, Nadzieja http://hdl.handle.net/11320/1279 2021-04-08T09:54:21Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: The Functioning of the CONTAINER Conceptual Metaphor in Doris Lessing’s "Children of Violence" Autorzy: Monachowicz, Nadzieja Abstrakt: This paper is based on the assumption that there is a system to conceptual metaphor and to its conceptualized linguistic expression. Conceptual metaphor is not a matter of arbitrary fixity. Individual basic metaphors and even generic-level metaphors are not isolated. There is a higher unity to metaphor that governs not only all basic and generic-level metaphors, but novel metaphors as well. When we understand a scene, including those described in literary texts, we naturally structure it in terms of conceptual mega-metaphors which may structurally unite the patterns of meaning throughout the whole of the text and find expression in various minor novel metaphors. As the subject matter of this analysis I have chosen the series of novels "Children of Violence" by the famous British writer Doris Lessing (1919-2013), the Nobel Prize winner for literature in 2007.

2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Lewicka-Mroczek, Ewa Szymaniuk, Dorota http://hdl.handle.net/11320/1278 2021-04-08T09:51:09Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Prosody Learning Strategies and What English Philology Students Know about Them Autorzy: Lewicka-Mroczek, Ewa; Szymaniuk, Dorota Abstrakt: Although learning strategies are in the focus of attention of both theorists and foreign language teachers, only few scientific descriptions highlight the significance of the prosodic skills and strategies to practice them. This paper discusses the results of the questionnaire the aim of which was to determine English philology students’ under - standing of prosody and prosodic skills as well as to identify prosodic strategies they use to improve their pronuncia - tion in English. We can conclude that students understand prosodic phenomenon of language but they cannot define it, and they apply a variety of activities that develop prosodic skills.

2013-01-01T00:00:00Z Kamionowski, Jerzy http://hdl.handle.net/11320/1277 2021-04-08T09:41:38Z 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Homeward Dove: Nomadism, “World”- -Travelling, and Rita Dove’s Homecoming(s) Autorzy: Kamionowski, Jerzy Abstrakt: This article focuses on the question of changing landscapes in Rita Dove’s poetry, and its strict connection with her redefinition of the identity and role of a black poet. A constant movement through various sceneries in terms of space, culture and intellectual concerns is a distinguishing feature of Dove’s poetry. My analysis of her poems sets into motion an interplay of concepts such as: Lugones’s “ world”-travelling , Braidotti’s nomadism , Frye’s arrogant per - ception , Kent’s legitimate universal and Ellis’s cultural mulatto-ism . The purpose of this strategy is to demonstrate that Dove’s poetry permanently operates between the poles of nomadism and homecoming(s), where the two terms are not perceived as antinomical and mutually exclusive but as dialectical, mutually complementary. As a result, Dove avoids being pigeonholed as either an integrationist or separatist poet, transcending the traditional binary critical categories of classifying American black poets.

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