Lektura Norwida we współczesnych podręcznikach gimnazjalnych do literatury i kultury

Abstract

The article presents the results of the research on the presence of Norwid’s works in school textbooks, especially those used in the lower-secondary school. It also presents the methods of didactic elaboration of Norwid’s works in selected textbooks. On this background, the author reflects on the possibilities of confronting pupils with Norwid’s difficult poems, and suggests a reading of his works set in the existential context, which simultaneously actualizes pupils’ personal experience. Further, the author presents a course of didactic activities in reading the poetic parable “Sphinx” [II], which is a practically verified example of valuable reading of Norwid’s poetry in the lower-secondary school. In the conclusion of the article, the author presents the limitations that result from reading Norwid in the historical-literary context. An alternative solution, suggested in the article, is reading selected poems in the axiological context, indicating the richness of cultural references and drawing pupils’ attention to the issues connected with human existence in the modern world. The text of the article is supplemented with an Appendix, which presents the frequency of texts occurring in the textbooks that form the bases for the methodological reflection presented in the article.