O kilku zapomnianych pomysłach literackich Karoliny z Hołowniów Swarackiej (1815–1846)
About several forgotten literary ideas of Karolina Swaracka (1815 –1846)

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the three stories of Carolina Swaracka, the Romantic Lithuanian writer, forgotten these days. Her debut in “Atheneum” in 1843 is owed to Joseph Ignacy Kraszewski, who recognized her attempts as worthy and interesting. In novels such as The Theatre of the Small Village or The Dreams and Reality Swaracka raises the problem of the new aspirations of women and shows the various responses of the environment on their emancipationist efforts. She also draws attention to the difficulties in defining new needs and ways of social existence by the women themselves. In another novel titled Converted Woman Swaracka describes the unconventional feeling between the Jewish girl and the young nobleman. The author emphasizes not only the force of stereotypes in society but also the impact of such stereotypes on the love of the young couple. A few years later Kraszewski wrote the similar story probably inspired by Swaracka’s concept. Although the heroines created by Swaracka are not artistically perfect, they have a lot of modern features which can be surprisingly appealing for the contemporary reader.

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