SEE, DESCRIBE, UNDERSTAND. POLISH REPORTAGES ABOUT RUSSIA

Monika Wiszniowska's book is a fascinating journey through Polish reportage thought about Russia. The author analyzes how Polish reporters perceived and described the Russian Empire, from the interwar period to the present day. It is an attempt to understand how individual perspective and intellectual equipment influence the shape of literary reportage, and how reporters deal with stereotypes and the phenomenon of "Russianness".

• Analysis of Polish literary reportage about Russia.
• Attempt to define a genre model of reportage.
• Compilation of texts by Polish reporters traveling beyond the eastern border.
• Showing the individual way of perceiving reality in reportage.
• Extracting characteristic features for Poland and Poles in the description of the otherness of the Russian Empire.
• Asking the question about the phenomenon of "Russianness".

Monika Wiszniowska, the author of this publication, is a respected researcher of literature and culture. Her work is the result of an in-depth analysis of Polish literary reportage, in which she tries to capture the essence of this genre. This book is an invitation to reflect on how we perceive and understand the world around us, and how our own experiences and beliefs influence our view of otherness.

Literary reportage is a genre that combines elements of journalism and literature. It requires the reporter not only to have observation and description skills, but also a deep understanding of the reality he is writing about. The author of the book analyzes how Polish reporters coped with this challenge when writing about the Russian Empire. She tries to show how their individual perspective and intellectual equipment influenced the shape of their texts.

This book is addressed to all those interested in non-fiction literature, literary reportage and the history of Poland and Russia. It is a must-read for students of Polish philology, journalism and history, as well as for all those who want to better understand the Polish perspective on Russia. The publication of the University of Silesia Publishing House is a guarantee of high quality and scientific reliability. The book in paperback, has 208 pages and has a format of 207x153 mm. Published in 2017.