Edukacja i propaganda w reportażu podróżniczym z czasów Polski Ludowej. „Nowa przygoda: Gwinea” Arkadego Fiedlera (1962 r.). Stara książka i jej współczesna recepcja

Abstrakt

Arkady Fiedler (1894–1985) is known as the author of reports from South America, Canada and Madagascar. His New Adventure: Guinea is a much less remembered book, being an effect of his trip to West Africa in 1959–1960. Fiedler emphasized the transmission of educational content. He did not forget to provide the reader with entertainment. He introduced propaganda elements. The aim of the article is to analyze the educational and propaganda content presented by the writer in the 1962 book, mainly from the point of view of how up-to-date or out-of-date it is, as well as to discuss the reception of New Adventure: Guinea. The author of the study also focuses on the issue of the presence of entertainment accents in this volume.