Retelling in Recent Literature - Standing up for Women’s Rights in the Collection Ziarno Granatu Cover Image

„Prze-pisywanie” w literaturze najnowszej - Upominanie się o kobiece prawa w antologii Ziarno granatu
Retelling in Recent Literature - Standing up for Women’s Rights in the Collection Ziarno Granatu

Author(s): Lidia Wieczorek
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Studies of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: retelling; myths; reinterpretation of myths; feminism; Greek myths;

Summary/Abstract: Retelling and reinterpreting myths is one of the most popular literary devices of feminist criticism. In the anthology Ziarno granatu Polish authors reinterpreted individual Greek myths. The (re)telling of well-known myths from the female perspective emphasized the oppressive nature of these tales, showing how women were overlooked and discriminated against. The stories included in the anthology point to the timelessness of the issues of Greek myths, and the authors of the works indicate the correlations between ancient stories and contemporary Poland.

  • Issue Year: 1/2023
  • Issue No: XXV
  • Page Range: 23-35
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish