Contemporary Polish woman's literature face to face with the call od performativity: Where the Gender Stereotypes and Boundaries are still valid? Cover Image

Soucasna polska zenska literatura tvari v tvar vyzve performativity: Kde jeste plati genderove stereotypy a hranice?
Contemporary Polish woman's literature face to face with the call od performativity: Where the Gender Stereotypes and Boundaries are still valid?

Author(s): Michala Benešová
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Polish literature; woman's literature; gender; Judith Butler; performativity; boundaries

Summary/Abstract: The text is an attemt to analyzse chosen Polish texts written by women. We work on the presumption that the Judith Butler's concept of "performativity" has an essential influence on how contemporary Polish literature is approaching to gender and feminity. How many boundaries do we have, want or accept?

  • Issue Year: 17/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 235-241
  • Page Count: 7