Dialogue o f a Grate duchess Catherine Alexeevna
with a Polish anonymous author about woman’splace and role in the society:
back to question about functioning o f the genre o f anecdote in Catherine’s II fiction Cover Image

Диалог Великой княгини Екатерины Алексеевны с польским анонимным автором о месте и роли женщины в обществе: к вопросу о функционировании жанра анекдота в творчестве Екатерины II
Dialogue o f a Grate duchess Catherine Alexeevna with a Polish anonymous author about woman’splace and role in the society: back to question about functioning o f the genre o f anecdote in Catherine’s II fiction

Author(s): Tatiana Akimova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: anecdote in Catherine’s II fiction; Catherine Alexeevna

Summary/Abstract: In the article is considered the problem of functioning anecdote in Catherine’s II fiction. Anecdote depicting the image of a clever and educated wife starts a dialogue with a Polish anonymous author’s text A golden burden of marriage, in which the image of wife becomes a target for mocking and open Renaissance laugh. Catherine Alexeevna answers on it using Enlightening conception of a wife image, whose place in the society is determined by her education, upbringing and literature abilities. Thanks to her qualities, a woman can become the owner of the salon and even in some exceptional cases - the Empress.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: XVII
  • Page Range: 7-17
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Russian