The reception of Rej's "Short treatise" by secondary school pupils

Małgorzata Karwatowska

Małgorzata Karwatowska - Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie

Leszek Tymiakin

Leszek Tymiakin - Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie

Abstract

As in the secondary school curriculum and textbooks there is a scanty of amount of information on Rej's literary output, it comes as no surprise that pupils' views on this author are limited and one-sided. In view of this insufficient presentation and discussion of Rej's writings, it seemed important to the authors of this paper to examine their reception by contemporary (almost adult) readers. A questionnaire, distributed among a group of secondary school pupils, provides some insights into their comprehension of this 16th century writer's works and his „Short treatise" in particular. The analysis of the questionnaires carried by the authors allows them to conclude that the pupils participating in the research know fairly little about Rej and his epoch, but as a result of a common opinion, strengthened by their teachers and textbooks, regard him as a distinguished Polish man of letters.