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Zakochana bez pamięci łatwym łupem oszustów matrymonialnych
2017
The author undertakes to discuss the problem of matrimonial cheats who have acted on the territory of Poland. The first of the presented cases of seducers is that of Julian Jerzy Kalibabka who was active at the turn of the 1970s and the 1980s – probably the most famous of the Polish matrimonial deceivers. It is his surname which has even been made synonymous with seducers-cheats. Next, the author gives examples of deceivers who were active in the days closer to contemporary time and who – in their dealings – have been able to avail themselves of the possibilities which came along with the advance of the Internet, social media and dating websites. The cheats are made reference to with the ai…
Głupota w bajkach i kreskówkach
2017
The article attempts to explain the purpose of investing characters of tales, fables and animations, with the name “silly”. The author analyzes such examples of works that show various aspects of the phenomenon of foolishness: naivety, infantility, lack of elementary knowledge, performing an activity against logic and laws of nature (e.g., drowning of fish). An important element of the argument is also presentation of the significance and influence of the display of stupidity on receivers. This last aspect is shown on the basis of comparing messages carried by these fables and fairy tales which expose the phenomenon of foolishness with the purport of cartoons in which the theme is present a…
Narration et Conspiration. Formes de la bêtise dans le Pendule de Foucault
2018
Dans cet article, nous proposons une lecture du Pendule de Foucault qui vise à extraire du texte littéraire une théorie de la stupidité et de la raison. Pour le texte de ce roman, il y a plusieurs formes de la bêtise, mais la formulation de cette classification est faite par un personnage ivre et dans un moment très particulier du roman. Ainsi la forme de la narration, celle de la conspiration et la théorie de l’irrationalisme se construisent parallèlement, pendant l’histoire. The aim of this study is to return to the question of the relationship between the plot of the Pendule de Foucault and the hermetic semiosis or the question of irrationalismby nuancing this report, not in the sense of…