Literature - Wislawa Szymborska

Lessons and projects by students and teachers on the Nobel Prize winning Polish poet, Wislawa Szymborska.

In The Grass That Has Overgrown: An Illuminated Text of The End and the Beginning and The Wayfarer

Submitted by ghostfacekillah on Sun, 2009-11-01 23:13

 Our illuminated text is similar to a diptych in photography. We were trying to draw out the connections in both pieces by juxtaposing them. We feel as though you can get more out of each by reading both of the pieces together, as they both have similar themes. The push for peace in The End and the Beginning is countered by the sad but all too common passiveness that has taken over the modern mindset. If people have to go through unpleasant obstacles (i.e. the blades of grass in The Wayfarer) they will try to find an easier way.

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Raymond Li
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Arthur Pascale

The End & The Beginning (a poem by Wislawa Szymborska): An Illuminated Text on the After Effects of War

Submitted by egyptiankippste... on Mon, 2009-11-02 00:20

drops of blood with words from the poem above themThis illuminated text shows the aftermath of a battle or war. The people and the attention tends to move on to another disaster while the people who live in that area have to either stay and pick up the pieces of their tormented life or move away to start a new life. [The words become drops of blood; words get covered with bloody rags and are then swept away - great ideas, great timing with music.  JRS]

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Cheyanne Flowers
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Hui Mei Yu

Who cares?

Submitted by robbie529 on Mon, 2009-11-02 12:31

a thumbnail from this presentationThis illuminated text was done on the poem "The end and the beginning" which warns against forgetting the past lest the future be risked in the process. Text morphing plays a primary role in the flow of this piece. Both pictures and text movement are equally utilized and darkness sets the tone but things look up in the end... for now... [Great animation and use of words and pictures as well as timing the music to the action taking place in the Illuminated Text - a terrific presentation. JRS]

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Sara Kochanny
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Robert Gomez
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The Truth of War, and its Aftermath

Submitted by Raug Moss WY2011 on Mon, 2009-11-02 18:47

This is an Illuminated Text based on The End and the Beginning, by Wislawa Szymborska. This is a story about the people who rebuild after a war. This is a story of hopes and dreams. Their fondest wish was for life to go back to normal, for the war to be over, for their sons and husbands to come home.

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Dan Chlebek
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Leif Novak

A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True - Opening Poems

Submitted by scotese on Wed, 2009-11-04 17:36
Teaching Level: 
High School

the cover of A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially TrueLately, I like to begin each novel with a set of associated poems - the day before.  For Brigid Pasulka's novel - I chose a selection of Polish poems (and one by Robert Browning - "Love Among the Ruins") that I thought exemplified in different ways - different aspects of her work.  There is also an attachment of a bookmark that I give to the students - and the instructions that I put on the projector for how students are to look at the attached poems.

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The Illuminated Truth: An Illuminated Text Project using World Literature

Submitted by scotese on Thu, 2010-10-07 15:04
Teaching Level: 
High School

 Every year I change which Illuminated Texts that the students do in association with their reading.  This year they are creating presentations based on the opening stories that we read: "The Allegory of the Cave,"  "The Night Face Up,"  "War,"  "Young Goodman Brown," as well as a number of poems by Ranier Maria Rilke.  When I gave them this handout, we also had a day in the lab where I gave them a lesson on the fundamentals of Flash programming.

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The Commencement of an End: An Illuminated Text of The End and the Beginning

Submitted by blgurl12 on Mon, 2010-11-15 23:57

This is an Illuminated Text on Wislawa Szymborska's "The End and the Beginning". Since this is a stirring poem that manages to be powerful and graceful with only a few words, we tried to maintain this same sense by focusing on the illumination of words rather than on objects. In addition, we tried to enhance the actions that the poem described through other means, but at the same time we attempted to continue to convey the message of the poem in a clear manner. Enjoy!

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Betzaira Herrera
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Jennifer Delgado