The uniqueness of the mountains Tatra landscape in the poetry of Kazimiera Alberti

The article deals with the subject of the Tatra landscape in Kazimiera Alberti’s debut poems published in the yearbook „Wierchy” (1926) and in the volume „Avalanche revolt” (Bunt lawin) (1927). The author, referring to the earlier achievements of the Tatra literature, especially the Young Poland period, presents the most important motifs concerning the mountains in the Polish poet’s work – symbolism of nature, fascination with highlander culture, embedding the action of works in Tatra space. All this adds up to a special “tatro(geo)graphy”, which is an underspecified, poetic map of the Tatra Mountains and their surroundings.

Literary and historic journeys around the Polish-Lithuanian Tatar community Baśnie, podania i legendy polskich Tatarów by Selim Mirza Chazbijewicz

The article deals with the historical reconstruction of the Tatar community in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Originally, from Central Asia, after the division of the Mongol Empire the Tatars settled to Eastern Europe giving rise to the Golden Horde. The first migrations of Tatars to Poland took place by the will of the ruler Vitautas in the XIV century. Thanks to their different religious beliefs, the Tatars could keep over the centuries their identity. The Polish-Lithuanian Tatar literature includes two genders: the religious literature and the popular literature. The greatest representative of contemporary Polish literature is the writer Selim Mirza Chazbijewicz. In addition to writing poems and books about the history of Tatars, Chazbijewicz has also dealt with popular literature. The book Fairy tales, stories and legends of the polish Tatars is a collection of 21 stories from the Tatar tradition, passed on orally from generation to generation for centuries. The work is a perfect combination of Judeo-Christian, Islamic and Turkish- Mongolian traditions.

The South Tyrol’s peculiarities in contemporary italian literature: the case of Eva dorme by Francesca Melandri

The article deals with the subject of the South Tyrol’s peculiarities in Francesca Melandri’s
debut novel Eva dorme (Eve sleeps, 2011). The author presents the most important
characteristics of the region – the multilingualism of province, lack of understanding
between the different ethnic groups, relationships with newcomers, reciprocal stereotypes
and the legal separation of italian- and german-speaking groups. The novel is an
interesting and original position on italian publishing market (due to a subject of novel)
but it represents a conservative attempt to the problem of local identity and didactics
aspiration to approach a less well-known part of country to the italian reader.

Apulia a land to discover. A travel with Kazimiera Alberti

The goal of this article is to show one of the travelogue of the series Italia celebre
e sconosciuta (Famous and unknown Italy) by Kazimiera Alberti: Segreti di Puglia
(Apulia’s secrets). It is a kind of travel discovering the secrets of Apulian land. The author
expresses all the admiration for the landscapes, but above all for the monuments of
this region. The history, architecture, myths and legends enrich the pages of her book.
She encourages the reader to visit Apulia, revealing only some of her mysteries. Next
to Kazimiera Alberti and her husband, we start the exploration of what this land has
to offer to the visitors.