How Krasicki Is in School and How Can Krasicki Be in School - On How the Authors are (Not) Talked About in High School

Abstract

The article aims to discuss the ways of introducing students to the subject matter related to the profiles of the most outstanding Polish writers functioning in the school space. The article embraces some elements of Ignacy Krasicki's work. On the basis of the literary scholar's diagnoses, the issue of school readings and school humanistic reflections was distinguished. The whole is an attempt to answer the question – how to reconcile the contemporary experience of students with the material in force at school? Issues oscillating around of anthropology of literature, philosophy and media studies – included in the didactic perspective – bring closer to the visualization of universal issues that constitute a useful context in education. A wide range of considerations – concerning both metaphysical reflection and the flow of information in the media – is intended to underline the important function of contemporary dialogue with tradition in Polish language classes.