Geograf "dusz i serc ludów" czy piewca kolonializmu? Afrykańskie relacje Antoniego Ferdynanda Ossendowskiego z dzisiejszej perspektywy

In: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia de cultura, Band 2, Heft 10, S. 161-172

Abstract

From his journeys, Antoni Ferdynand Ossendowski brought not only memories useful while writing his books, but also zoological, botanical and ethnographical collections. What is more, the traveller was also preparing an environmental movie. In Ossendowski's African stories we can find two main creations of narrator and his attitude towards otherness – gushing writer and meticulous scientist. That is because books should seem attractive for the reader. In this article I characterize Ossendowski's African stories against the background of polish literature related to journeys to Africa and the theory of reportage.