WOMEN IN THE MEN’S EYES – FEMININITY IN THE PROSE OF MIKHAIL ARTSYBASHEVT Cover Image

O KOBIECYCH OBRAZACH W PROZIE MICHAIŁA ARCYBASZEWA
WOMEN IN THE MEN’S EYES – FEMININITY IN THE PROSE OF MIKHAIL ARTSYBASHEVT

Author(s): Patryk Witczak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Mikhail Artsybashev;women in literature;naturalism;Russian emigration;

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the works by Mikhail Artsybashev, presenting a formationof a new relationship between men and women. Artsybashev depicts women’s aspirations to free themselves from masculinised and patriarchal society as well as their desire to become more independent. Artsybashev’s main female characters try to move beyond traditional roles of wives and mothers. Their rebellion against social norms and prohibitions takes various forms.

  • Issue Year: 1/2018
  • Issue No: XX
  • Page Range: 95-106
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish