Anna, Another and the Excluded are the main characters in Zbigniew Kruszyński’s stories: Schwedenkrauter, Na lądach i morzach and Powrót Aleksandra. Anna reveals the true colors of reality – where men nostalgically long for an archetypical image of love; Another becomes a substitute for the lost woman and then starts transforming into No¬ one; the Excluded represent a cursed piece of reality. Their peculiar features, habits and activities create a controversial and unconventional picture. The writer’s style complicates the reader’s view even more: voyeurism determines perception here. These characters are not only subjects of artistic depiction, but also lenses through which readers are watching or (together with the narrator) taking a peek at the world.
The article treats of terms concerning the parents of the Virgin Mary, that were used by John of Damask in his homily on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Anna and Joakeim are here described with terms referring to religiousness, fertility and obtaining the fruits of the earth. The most expressions concern Anna and her maternity, whereas Joakeim is mentioned only when Annas name appears.
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The article treats of terms concerning the parents of the Virgin Mary, that were used by John of Damascus in his homily on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Anna and Joakeim are here described with terms referring to religiousness, fertility and obtaining the fruits of the earth. The most expressions concern Anna and her maternity, whereas Joakeim is mentioned only when Annas name appears.
The article presents an analysis of three figures of Lucan version of the infancy narrative: Zechariah (Luc 1,5-23.57-79), Simeon (Luc 2,25-35), and Anna (Luc 2,36-38). There at least two thing that make these people alike: they are all in their old age and they pray to God. Even though the material concerning these personages is not fully comparable, it is possible to capture some similarities in their prayer: historical perspective, eschatological dimension, and universalism. All these three people not only pray to God but also the bear a witness to God.
This paper builds upon on insights of Artur Zmijewski on recent national blockbusters contained in a volume of The Polish Cinema (Kino polskie) from 1989 to 2009: A Critical history. The insights go beyond the generally accepted views on those films. The author then examines the films Katyn and General “Nil” as phenomena reflecting the kind of “posthumous life” of the romantic paradigm of Polish culture buried nearly two decades ago by Maria Janion, that for decades was seen as anachronistic, but that remains popular and is occasionally revived. He describes its fate in the culture of the Socialist People’s Republic of Poland (PRL), and also considers memoirs as historical sources. In the last part of the article Adamczak presents a new perspective of seeing Jerzy Skolimowski’s Essential Killing and Anna Jadowska’s General as attempts of breaking out of the magic circle of constantly renewing opposition between romanticism and anti-romanticism.
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