Talk:Polish literature/Archive 1

The Chronicle of the Bavarian Geographer
The so-called Bavarian Geographer (Latin:Geographus Bavarus, Polish: Geograf Bawarski) is short description of Western Slavic tribes living north of the Dnaubr river. Polish Wiki has the Latin text here. There are numerous early medieval sources of various (German, Byzantine, Arab etc) origin concerning Slavs but no one can claim them to be pieces of Polish or other Slavic literature. From the other hand, the work of Bavarian Geographer can't be called chronicle, since a chronicle is a general name for medieval historical narrations. The Geographer just includes names of the tribes and the number of cities they own.

How we can deal with this? I see two possible issues: either adding the article section with early foreign sources for the history of Poland, or removing information about the Geographer. Kameal (talk) 23:37, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

2 June 2008
Isn't Nietzsche Polish? He was born on October 15, 1844, in Rocken, Prussia.

He considered himself Polish but was born German, used German language etc so he is rather recognised as German.
 * Having an esteem for his Polish roots certainly doesn't make him a Pole. No book about the history of the Polish culture I know (and I know a lot)claims him to be a Pole, so I think it is all about it. Kameal (talk) 00:11, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

The sentence "Several short Polish texts of the period were influenced heavily by western literature." is ridiculous and I am going to alter it. Polish IS a "western" literature. All the signs are there: its medieval literature was primarily in Latin, it's been Catholic since the Middle Ages, and it experienced all the European cultural periods: Renaissance, Baroque, Englightenment, Romanticism, etc. The only thing not "Western" about it is several decades as part of the Eastern Bloc. And that's over... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.15.125.46 (talk) 08:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No original research  Poeticbent  talk 14:10, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

The Missal of Erazm Ciołek and The Gradual of John Olbracht
These are not literary works but manuscripts. Missal and gradual are common Catholic liturgical books and have no connection with Poland (except of the national saints' feasts and possible glosses made by Poles). So the positions above should be deleted.Kameal (talk) 00:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * No original research.  Poeticbent  talk 14:10, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

List of individuals in the article
This article contains some rather lengthy lists of individuals. That is not ideal, as lists in article are discouraged and prose is strongly prefered. So the only reason for the list should be that it potentially encourages editors to convert the lists of names into prose and to provide context. But then only those individuals who are actually important for Polish literature should be included. At least one entry was removed by me, and I suspect that there are more entries who authors whose influence on Polish literature was minimal to say the least. Pantherskin (talk) 15:59, 30 March 2010 (UTC) User BLOCKED 28 November 2011

More translation of Polish novels required
In my opinion there are some world-class Polish novelists - both past and more recent - who deserve greater recognition beyond Poland's borders. The problem I believe lies in the lack of translations into English. The only 'classic ' novels I have come across to date and been able to read in English are Henryk Sienkiewicz's and Boleslaw Prus' 'Lalka' (The Doll). Sienkiewicz's status in Poland can be likened, for example, to Sir Walter Scott and Prus to Dickens. I find it rather frustratinng that one can read most of the main Russian novelists in translation but not the Polish ones.

It would do a lot for the dissemination of Polish literature if the Ministry of Culture could undertake steps to fund translations of its nations more famous authors and poets.Ivankinsman (talk) 19:45, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Until the early 18th century
I have removed the sentence "Until the early 18th century, a major language of Polish literature was Latin, widely popular across all of Western and Central Europe at the time". I don't know how long Latin was the major language, but rather not Until the early 18th century. The source doesn't contain such information. It's not a subject to be discussed in the lead.Xx236 (talk) 12:58, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

Polish writers abroad
The article doesn't describe Polish writers living abroad after WWII.Xx236 (talk) 07:49, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Please look around for an external link to WP:RS providing an overview.  Poeticbent  talk 14:10, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

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