Przyroda w perspektywie nieantropocentrycznej. O Sadze Puszczy Białowieskiej Simony Kossak

Abstract

The article offers a non-anthropocentric reading of Simona Kossak’s Saga Puszczy Białowieskiej. It also examines the context of scholarly research into the human activity in the Białowieża Primeval Forest (Otton Hademann, Tomasz Samojlik). The author of the article looks at the generic characteristics of this volume and observes that by using her knowledge of nature and history, Kossak gives her saga a character of a palimpsest and deconstructs certain stereotypes and legends concerning the Forest, including both its human and non-human residents. The author also refers to Kossak’s biography and points to the writer’s ethical engagement to prevent the destruction of the natural environment of the Forest.