Alexander Janty-Połczyński’s “Wracam z Polski” [I’m coming back from Poland] as a reportage and social fact
Iwona Hofman
Pełny tekst artykułuThe main aim of this article is presentation of reporting book Wracam z Polski by Aleksander Janta-Połczyński in historic, mediumistic and social context. Volume issued in Paris in 1949 (sign Aleksander Janta) has become one of the causes of dissension among Polish enviroment in London and paris „Culture”. Essays, pictures and reportages have been written in book in prospect of information illustrated. Moreover, their connotation was visibly in opposition for imagination of emigrants about life in post-war Poland. Janta-Połczyński was fascinated omnipresent mood of enthusiasm and renovations contradicting a critical informations spread in emigration press. Noteworthy is form of reportages, confirming the thesis of the syncretic nature of the genre. Modern categories of description are useful, for example the world presented.
KEYWORDS
Aleksander Janta-Połczyński, Wracam z Polski, reportage