The portrait of Putin shown in Polish book titles – An attempt at a linguistic outline (with a bibliography of book publications from the first quarter of the twenty-first century)

Abstract

This article aims to linguistically reconstruct the image of Putin based on book titles published in Poland during the first quarter of the present millennium (i.e., between 2000 and 2025). The factual material encompasses both works by Polish authors and translations from other languages. This study continues a research project launched two years ago, which focuses on reconstructing the linguistic and civilizational worldview of Russia (Wojan 2023: Relations between Poland and Russia. The title as an element of the reconstruction of the linguistic and civilizational worldview, bibliography of works from 2011–2023). The results of the analysis reveal a predominantly negative portrait of Putin.

The article consists of two parts. The first one is analytical, and the second one provides a list of collected book titles along with their bibliographic references.