Published : 2020-09-08

The Educational Dimension of the Biography of the Old Polish Writer: The Jubilee of Mikołaj Rej and Educational Works in the Kingdom of Poland in the Early 20th century

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The  anniversary of  Mikołaj Rej’s birth in  1905 was one of the jubilees in the 19th and early 20th century, during which the patriotic history of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was remembered, with the old Polish writers presented as role models and their works having educational impact. Numerous historical and literary, editorial, popularisation and educational works were published at that time. The biography of the old Polish writer Rej was used in them for  pedagogical purposes. The article analyses three examples of publications for children and youth and the people. It shows how their authors overcame the ideological and pedagogical difficulties (connected with the stereotype of Rej the ignoramus and the writer’s involvement in the religious disputes of the 16th century) to depict Rej as a role model and patron of contemporary educational work.

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biography of the writer, history of education, children's and youth literature, reception of Old Polish culture, Mikołaj Rej (Rey)



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Kacprzak, M. M. (2020). The Educational Dimension of the Biography of the Old Polish Writer: The Jubilee of Mikołaj Rej and Educational Works in the Kingdom of Poland in the Early 20th century. Biografistyka Pedagogiczna, 5(1), 73–94. https://doi.org/10.36578/BP.2020.05.17

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"Biografistyka Pedagogiczna" received funding for the years 2022-2024 from the funds of the Minister of Education and Science under the programme „Rozwój Czasopism Naukowych”.

Project duration: 2023-2024.

The amount of co-financing is 65 992,00 PLN

Contract number: RCN/SP/0434/2021/1