The article aims at the confrontational presentation of the formulas that initiate and end contacts. The material that is being analysed comes from TV and Radio broadcasts, Internet, survey conducted among students and observations of Polish and Slovak official and unofficial language practices. The author pinpoints several rules of using the analysed formulas. These rules are determined by such factors as time, biology (age and sex), social context (views of the world and social roles). The article concludes itself with a proposal of the politeness model in Poland and Slovakia.

The aim of the article is to present the so­called contact linguistics, namely, a synthetic discipline which aims at analyses of issues that used to be the separate discourses of sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic or glottodidactics. The article discusses the very foundation of this discipline and its position within academic linguistics (especially the Slavonic one). Additionally, a thorough reflection on terms, contexts and purposes connected with critical analysis of teaching content is offered.

The article contains analyses of the several press publications that appeared in Polish tabloids after Anna Przybylska’s death in 2014. The analysed material proves that a death of a celebrity holds an importance for media mainly because of her/his previous presence in media and not because of the consolation function of a text itself. Such texts are deeply rooted in a tradition of funeral literature, yet they serve completely different purpose.

The article aims at analysing selected legal acts concerning language policy issued by Joseph II for Galicia in the period of time between 1780 and 1790. The consequences of these acts are also described. For the Austrian authorities, Galicia – as a multilingual and multicultural region – was a challenge because there had not been any strong state authority or bureaucratic structure there even before Galicia became a part of the Habsburg monarchy. One of the biggest problems for the local officials was a very limited knowledge of the German language amongst the inhabitants of the region, therefore a number of legal actions had to be initiated to enforce the local people’s learning of the official language of the Habsburg monarchy, and yet, at the same time the languages of minorities were recognized.

The author presents the stories of Central European intellectuals under a communist regime. He interprets one of the greatest novels written by Tadeusz Konwicki, Mała apokalipsa. He concentrates on the portrayal of both grotesque and anti­Communist gestures, a topos of the Communist Warsaw and its strange characters.

The article discusses a concept of Central Europe and its research implications, as seen within their importance to the Slavonic Studies in Brno. An essential element of any discussion about Central Europe (thus East and West) is a cultural dialogue. The author of the article understands such a dialogue as not only a gentle coexistence and peaceful supplementation but also – a creative confrontation of the participating parties. Under deliberations are also: a problem of evaluating some cultures against others, terms that reveal the off­putting attitudes and stereotypes used by some researchers when cultures and literatures of Central Europe are written about. The author analyses the tradition of “Central­Europeanness” and places it within a wide cultural context. The question about a future of this concept as well as the status of homo Europae centralis is also posited.

This article presents different forms of the Polish language and culture education at Comenius University in Bratislava. In the beginning, a history of Polish language didactics is shortly presented: from simple language courses to regular philological and translation studies. Nonetheless, the article’s main aim is the emphasis laid upon the current situation and changes that have occurred over a past few years, namely, curricula modifications, searches for new models and frameworks of studies, as well as advantages and disadvantages that are connected with it.

The article concerns itself with a history of Polish Studies at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. The author introduces some earlier and present academic members of the university staff, discusses Polish Studies curricula, and promotes the most important achievements of the employees, their research and cultural activities as well as their cooperation with various educational and cultural institutions in Slovakia and abroad.

The article talks about the history and the present day of Polish Studies in Presov. All programmes that include the Polish language teaching are listed. The main weight is laid on the new curriculum for the Central European Studies that are offered in Faculty of Arts in Presov. Furthermore, the article overlooks courses and graduate and staff profiles.

The article dwells on a history of Polish Studies at Charles University in Prague, starting from the very beginning of courses till the present day. The Polish Studies have always been an important element of Slavonic education; currently they are a part of Central European Studies. The article is concerned with the research interests of the polonists of Prague and it reveals structures and directions the polonistic education aims at and is undertaking within the Chair of Central European Studies.

The authors of the article present the most important facts about Department of Polish Studies at University of Ostrava (Czech Republic). They focus on research, didactics and departmental activities aiming at the promotion of Polish language abroad.

The author presents the most important facts relating to the Polish Studies and Comparative Slavonic Philology doctoral studies offered by Palacký University in Olomouc. The author concentrates on the 2003–2015 period, describing the process of course restructuring, its current situation and students’ involvement.

The article contains some basic information on Philological Area Studies, a unique study course created at the Department of Slavonic Studies at Masaryk University. The author presents the most important historical data, explains the specific character of these studies and provides a comprehensive bibliography on the discussed phenomena. Also, the article engages itself with a so­called problem of Central Europe, an important issue for Slavonic and in particular – Philological Area Studies. The author points out some mistakes and misunderstandings and defines some challenging prospects for Central European studies oriented towards area and philology.

The article chronologically presents projects in which Polish Studies Section has participated since 2004. The projects are a part of activities that Polish Studies Section is involved in – and along with glottodidactics and research activities – it determines the character of Polish Studies in Olomouc.

The aim of this contribution is to present the filed of research explored by the staff members of the Department of Polish Studies at the University of Ostrava. Research activities of PaedDr. Jana Raclavska, serve as a good example of the department’s achievements and further growth. The article covers two basic fields of research – a history of Polish language at Cieszyn Silesia and comparative phraseology.

The article briefly presents activities of The Department of Polish Studies at the University of Ostrava. It also calls attention to the main fields of interests of the author of the article who represents the young generation of Czech polonists. While concentrating on her research, the author investigates the areas of contact between Polish and Czech languages within the church community in Zaolzie (Czech Republic). She analyses the results of the survey conducted amongst the believers and priests in that region as well as the recordings of the sermons preached by the Roman Catholic priests in Zaolzie.

Two ballet performances are being analysed: Pietruszka by Igor Strawiński and Dama Kameliowa choreographed by John Neumier. The author discusses a metatheatrical character of the two performances, which reveals itself through a concept of “a theatre within a theatre”. The analyses presented in this article are rooted in a (slightly modified) methodological approach defined by Marcin Gmys. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the three subcodes (dance, music and drama) determine the functionality of the concept of ‘a theatre within a theatre’ in both performances.

The aim of the article is to respond to the question whether the subject of the story can exclude a homoerotic passion that he is possessed by. Jerzy Andrzejewski’s short story Niby gaj is used here to prove that a mechanism of self­exclusion is an illusion and it turns into its own reverse. The mechanism of exclusion helps the hero of the story to create a web made of attachments and dependencies. Michał (the adored object) embodies such a set of connections and acts as a lover who in this case turns against his antagonist.

The aim of this work is to interpret – by means of the postcolonial strategy of reading – a short story titled Mimesis, published in Paweł Huelle’s collection: Opowieści chłodnego morza. This kind of interpretation reveals a choice of new perspectives, aiming at the healing of trauma by explaining the symptoms and revealing hidden facts. In Mimesis by Huelle, this happens due to the character’s narration. The author of the article presents a process of the characters identity creation during their encounters with different cultures (Huelle exemplifies a multicultural mosaic in his short story). All the way through the imagery of the characters, the author of the article enhances the main axiological features and describes the process of identity creation, thus an act of liberating oneself from restrictions of one’s own culture.

The article presents Bruno Schulz’s and Heinrich Kleist considerations on matter. A comparative approach enables a new interpretation of Traktat o manekinach by Schulz and of some selected works by Kleist. The author ponders about the role of elpis, around which the human world is created. The Greek word: elpis, contains a whole parable about a hope which has stood up to nonexistence, darkness, a lack of form. A human being turns out to be forced to create, knead matter, because his life depends on it. By shaping things he gives reality to his own world that may disappear at any time. Both reflected upon authors, Schulz and Kleist, choose two different paths to contact with matter and they inscribe it – together with a human being – into a philosophical thought that goes far beyond simple the “living” – “lifeless” opposition.

It is an obituary notice of Feliks Netz, a great translator from the Hungarian language, a writer, a poet, an art of words admirer. The author of the obituary refers to the translation works of Feliks Netz and deliberates on the art of translation itself and a special friendship between an author and a translator, which appears to be impossible to describe with words.

The article presents the summary of the season 2014/2015 in Polish filmmaking. All movies described in the article are presented from the perspective of what would be interesting for a foreigner or a person who studies Polish as a foreign language. The following films are described here: Ida, Bogowie, Fotograf, Hardkor disko, Jurek, Kebab i horoskop, Miasto 44, Służby specjalne, Zbliżenia.

The article presents both the most important and interesting prose and poetry publications that appeared in 2014. Last year was marked by the dominance of the well­known authors (such as Justyna Bargielska, Jacek Dehnel, Ignacy Karpowicz, Olga Tokarczuk, Mariusz Sieniewicz, Agnieszka Wolny­Hamkało, Piotr Szewc, Agnieszka Mirahina, Magdalena Tulli, Zbigniew Kruszyński) and proved that books that deal with identity problems and cast heroes who are facing the demons of the past can gain positive readers‘ responses.

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