OUR MYTHICAL CHILDHOOD...
CLASSICS AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE BETWEEN EAST & WEST
The painting Our Mythical Childhood... is by Matylda Tracewska.
Situs interretialis gubernatrix:-) Katarzyna Marciniak.
CLASSICS AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE BETWEEN EAST & WEST
| Honorary Patronage |
The
aim of the present project is to stimulate research into the reception
of Classical Antiquity in children's literature and to create a forum
for interdisciplinary studies leading to valid comparisons of regional
and cultural contexts and models of such reception. Through combined
efforts of scholars from Central-Eastern European countries and from
what used to be traditionally termed Western democracies, a more
complete picture should emerge showing how this reception has been
reflecting social, political, and cultural transformations occurring
during the 20th century & beyond.
While research remains the core
of the project, we would also like to
promote Education/Popularization via art, involving in the project
talented students and the public outside the University. At the end of
the project we are scheduling final debates with participation of all
members of our network (May 23-26, 2013). At the conclusion of the
debates, we are
arranging a discussion panel with participation by the youngest
readers, their parents & teachers, editors & publishers of
children's literature, translators, and media representatives; thus the
milieus until then absent from the scholarly exchange will have an
opportunity to speak. Our aim is to stimulate further Reception Studies
and to contribute to a greater integration between scholars and the
other recipients of culture. We feel privileged that the Spouse of the
President of the Republic of Poland Anna Komorowska agreed
to assume an honorary patronage of the final debates.
The project is being implemented at the Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition (OBTA), a department of the Faculty of "Artes Liberales", created at the initiative of Prof. Jerzy Axer at the University of Warsaw, with the mission to study the reception of Antiquity, encouraging the development of young academics and offering a meeting place for scholars from different regions of the world. We gratefully acknowledge support from the Harvard University Loeb Classical Library Foundation and the "Artes Liberales" Institute Foundation. Katarzyna Marciniak & El¿bieta Olechowska Project's Coordinators |
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The painting Our Mythical Childhood... is by Matylda Tracewska.
Situs interretialis gubernatrix:-) Katarzyna Marciniak.