The “quandary” of Jan Kochanowski and the confidence of teachers of Polish
The article is devoted to the understanding or misunderstanding of some of Jan Kochanowski’s works: Song IX from Book I, Song IX from Book II, Song XIX from Book II, especially of words like happiness, quandary, fiddle, honest possessions. The author has reviewed more than ten school textbooks from 1996–2008 and has established that they lack explanations of many important words and expressions, an omission that limits the understanding of these poetic works by pupils, students and teachers.