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A Woman in the Eyes of Women. Female (Auto) Narrations in Transcultural Perspective Cover Image
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Kobieta w oczach kobiet. Kobiece (auto)narracje w perspektywie transkulturowej
A Woman in the Eyes of Women. Female (Auto) Narrations in Transcultural Perspective

Contributor(s): Joanna Frużyńska (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: women’s studies; feminism; female; European; Asian; African
Summary/Abstract: The book shows the the picture of feminity in European and world culture, which emerges from the texts concerning the beginnings of women’s movement as well as in the recent publications, describing existential experience of women in local and global dimension. The publication explores the problems of distant cultures and close nations of our continent, especially Central Europe. The provided perspectives show a visible symmetry of fates of women living in Western, Middle East, African and Asian cultures.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4190-5
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4182-0
  • Page Count: 418
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Language: English, Polish
O MARII KOMORNICKIEJ JĘZYKIEM NAUKOWYM I LITERACKIM (BRYGIDY HELBIG I IZABELI FILIPIAK)

O MARII KOMORNICKIEJ JĘZYKIEM NAUKOWYM I LITERACKIM (BRYGIDY HELBIG I IZABELI FILIPIAK)
(On Maria Komornicka in Scienti􀏔ic and Literary Language (Brygida Helbig and Izabela Filipiak))

  • Author(s):Gabriela Matuszek
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:15-26
  • No. of Pages:12
  • Keywords:Maria Komornicka; Brygida Helbig-Mischewski; Izabela Filipiak; women’s writing
  • Summary/Abstract:The article interprets women’s writing with its significant subject of gender and the phenomena of transgression of the feminine subject into the masculine one. The author is interested in tripleand overlaid feminine discourse: how Maria Komornicka presents her heroines, how her works areinterpreted by scholars and what plots are presented by both authors in their literary works. The subject of interpretation are academic dissertations: Strącona bogini by Brygida Helbig-Mischewski and Obszary odmienności by Izabela Filipiak, as well as literary works based upon the biography of the writer: the drama by Filipiak Księga Em and the novel by Helbig Inna od siebie.
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GRANICE KOBIECOŚCI W MIĘDZYWOJNIU. KILKA UWAG O POSTACIACH DRAMATÓW SIÓSTR KOSSAKÓWIEN

GRANICE KOBIECOŚCI W MIĘDZYWOJNIU. KILKA UWAG O POSTACIACH DRAMATÓW SIÓSTR KOSSAKÓWIEN
(Boundaries of Femininity during the Interwar Period. A Few Comments on the Characters of Dramas by the Kossak Sisters)

  • Author(s):Joanna Warońska-Gęsiarz
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:27-43
  • No. of Pages:17
  • Keywords:interwar dramas; New Woman; social roles; Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska; Magdalena Samozwaniec
  • Summary/Abstract:The author has analysed interwar dramas by Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec as examples of women’s dramas. The category of “femininity,” as an acceptable set of behaviours and social roles, was specified based on age, profession and communicated tradition. It was also incorporated into discussions on the New Woman of that time.Each sister created her heroines in a slightly different manner. Samozwaniec focused on feminine funny aspects, while Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska discussed the role of women in family and social life; most of her attention was drawn to the loosening of moral standards. She did not, however, want to demolish the acceptable order, as we can see from the grotesque figure of a woman – the ruling dictator, Baba-Dziwo.
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WOMANHOOD: IDENTITY, TRAUMA AND LEARNING IN TERRACOTTA OVENS OF MY CHILDHOOD BY ELITE OLSHTAIN

WOMANHOOD: IDENTITY, TRAUMA AND LEARNING IN TERRACOTTA OVENS OF MY CHILDHOOD BY ELITE OLSHTAIN
(WOMANHOOD: IDENTITY, TRAUMA AND LEARNING IN TERRACOTTA OVENS OF MY CHILDHOOD BY ELITE OLSHTAIN)

  • Author(s):Dana Radler
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:44-56
  • No. of Pages:13
  • Keywords:women’s studies; feminism; female; European; Asian; African
  • Summary/Abstract:The book shows the the picture of feminity in European and world culture, which emerges from the texts concerning the beginnings of women’s movement as well as in the recent publications, describing existential experience of women in local and global dimension. The publication explores the problems of distant cultures and close nations of our continent, especially Central Europe. The provided perspectives show a visible symmetry of fates of women living in Western, Middle East, African and Asian cultures.
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KOBIECOŚĆ: TOŻSAMOŚĆ, TRAUMA I POZNANIE W TERRACOTTA OVENS OF MY CHILDHOOD ELITE OLSHTAIN

KOBIECOŚĆ: TOŻSAMOŚĆ, TRAUMA I POZNANIE W TERRACOTTA OVENS OF MY CHILDHOOD ELITE OLSHTAIN
(Womanhood: Identity, Trauma and Learning in “Terracotta Ovens of My Childhood” by Elite Olshtain)

  • Author(s):Dana Radler
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:57-70
  • No. of Pages:14
  • Keywords:Czernowitz; memory; gender; identity; trauma
  • Summary/Abstract:Shadows, violence and family bonding shape Elite Olshtain’s memoir (2010) as key ingredients of a genuine life testimony. The vision of herself as a child before and during World War II mixeswith the voice of a mature memoirist. How then do violence and politics obstruct the expressionof identity for the key feminine protagonists: young Litika, her mother, Frieda, and Sabina, thematernal grandmother? And how do secondary characters contribute to this story? Can one’s learning actually frame existence beyond survival? This paper explores gender and trauma as deeply rooted in painful yet meaningful recovery of a personalised past.
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GIRLS’ IDENTITY AND FRIENDSHIP IN ELENA FERRANTE’S MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: WOMEN THROUGH TWO WOMEN’S EYES

GIRLS’ IDENTITY AND FRIENDSHIP IN ELENA FERRANTE’S MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: WOMEN THROUGH TWO WOMEN’S EYES
(GIRLS’ IDENTITY AND FRIENDSHIP IN ELENA FERRANTE’S MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: WOMEN THROUGH TWO WOMEN’S EYES)

  • Author(s):Beatrice Collina
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:71-80
  • No. of Pages:10
  • Keywords:women’s studies; feminism; female; European; Asian; African
  • Summary/Abstract:The book shows the the picture of feminity in European and world culture, which emerges from the texts concerning the beginnings of women’s movement as well as in the recent publications, describing existential experience of women in local and global dimension. The publication explores the problems of distant cultures and close nations of our continent, especially Central Europe. The provided perspectives show a visible symmetry of fates of women living in Western, Middle East, African and Asian cultures.
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TOŻSAMOŚĆ I PRZYJAŹŃ DZIEWCZĄT W GENIALNEJ PRZYJACIÓŁCE ELENY FERRANTE. KOBIETY W OCZACH DWÓCH KOBIET

TOŻSAMOŚĆ I PRZYJAŹŃ DZIEWCZĄT W GENIALNEJ PRZYJACIÓŁCE ELENY FERRANTE. KOBIETY W OCZACH DWÓCH KOBIET
(Girls’ Identity and Friendship in Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend.” Women through Two Women’s Eyes)

  • Author(s):Beatrice Collina
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:81-90
  • No. of Pages:10
  • Keywords:female friendship; identity; feminism; gender; the personal is political
  • Summary/Abstract:In Elena Ferrante’s My Brillant Friend, Elena Greco, the narrator, tells the story of her youth with herfriend Lila Cerullo, recalling her childhood and adolescence in a poor neighbourhood of Naples. Butdeprivations contain unexpected richness. An elected affinity develops between Elena and Lila. In themagic game of their dialogue they reinvent the experience of themselves. A sudden change takes place when Elena goes to high school, while Lila drops out and marries; however, she continues to influence Elena’s choices. The history of the two girls is a deep reflection on female friendship and identity.
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KOBIETY W POEZJI CRISTINY PERI ROSSI

KOBIETY W POEZJI CRISTINY PERI ROSSI
(Women in the Poetry of Cristina Peri Rossi)

  • Author(s):Magdalena Szkwarek
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:91-100
  • No. of Pages:10
  • Keywords:literature; poetry; LGBT; Latin America; woman
  • Summary/Abstract:The article presents the works of a Uruguayan female author, almost completely unknown in Poland, Cristina Peri Rossi. One of the main subjects of her poetry are women and the experience of lesbian love. The poet writes straight forwardly and directly about emotions towards women,and her passionate, sensual and brave poems, quoted in the paper, are also a voice speaking infavour of the position of women in literature. Peri Rossi, at a social and literary banquet, breaksthe rules, the established order, and speaks in her own voice, the voice of a woman, a lesbian, hence being able to make the invisible seen.
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W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. AUTOBIOGRAFICZNA TWÓRCZOŚĆ MARII ARBATOWEJ

W POSZUKIWANIU SIEBIE. AUTOBIOGRAFICZNA TWÓRCZOŚĆ MARII ARBATOWEJ
(In Search of Oneself. Autobiographic Works by Maria Arbatova)

  • Author(s):Martyna Z. Kowalska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:101-110
  • No. of Pages:10
  • Keywords:autobiography; auto-ethnography; sex discrimination; the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Summary/Abstract:The article aims to analyse autobiographic works by Maria Arbatova. In her dramas, memoirsand short stories from the 1990s, the author exposes the difficult life of Soviet women. Arbatova also addresses issues officially omitted in the USSR, such as violence against women, sex discrimination,abortion, lack of specialised psychological care. The importance of the discussed problems allows us to define the works of Arbatova as engaged literature. The vast amount of autobiographic issues and the author’s sense of a mission makes one see the autobiographic prose by Arbatova as autoethnography.
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OBRAZY KOBIET W POWIEŚCI OLGI TOKARCZUK PRAWIEK I INNE CZASY

OBRAZY KOBIET W POWIEŚCI OLGI TOKARCZUK PRAWIEK I INNE CZASY
(Images of Women in the Novel “Prawiek i inne czasy” (“Primeval and Other Times”) by Olga Tokarczuk)

  • Author(s):Anna Chudzińska-Parkosadze
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:111-127
  • No. of Pages:17
  • Keywords:Olga Tokarczuk; Prawiek i inne czasy; femininity; archetype; Magna Mater
  • Summary/Abstract:In the novel Prawiek i inne czasy Olga Tokarczuk in portraying women uses such stylistic means asparallelisms and antonyms. The structure of the portrayed world is dominated by mythologemesand archetypes (Magna Mater). Tokarczuk presents her female characters within a frame ofa collective feminist portrait contrasted with the men’s world. The principle of dichotomy wasapplied by the writer in her portraits of Kłoska and Genowefa, as well as of their daughters,Misia and Ruta. Kłoska is represented by manifestation of nature, whilst Genowefa and Misia –by femininity entagled in a trap of a patriarchal world.
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NIECH ŻYJE BOGINI! MITOLOGICZNA ANTROPOLOGIA KOBIECOŚCI NA PRZYKŁADZIE POWIEŚCI OLGI TOKARCZUK ANNA IN W GROBOWCACH ŚWIATA

NIECH ŻYJE BOGINI! MITOLOGICZNA ANTROPOLOGIA KOBIECOŚCI NA PRZYKŁADZIE POWIEŚCI OLGI TOKARCZUK ANNA IN W GROBOWCACH ŚWIATA
(Long Live the Goddess! Mythological Anthropology of Femininity Exempli􀏔ied in the Novel “Anna In w grobowcach świata” by Olga Tokarczuk)

  • Author(s):Miłosz Kłobukowski
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:128-139
  • No. of Pages:12
  • Keywords:Olga Tokarczuk; myth; femininity; Goddess; anthropology
  • Summary/Abstract:The author of the article refers to the tools of mythographical criticism and hermeneutics to show the evolution of the Goddess/ Mother/ Eternal Woman and to present how literary enlightenment of myths in a novel by Olga Tokarczuk is used in political discussions. The writer reinterprets the myth about Inann, incorporating feminist discourse on the originality of matriarchy into the novel, creating the main heroine as the figure of the Goddess, suppressed by the masculine God in the history of civilisation. Mythical anthropology of femininity uncovered by Tokarczuk through literary excavations is aimed at searching for the sources of feminine subjectivity in the oldest cultural texts and their modern interpretations (Bachofen, Graves, Gimbutas).
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CZY DOROTA MASŁOWSKA TO FEMINISTKA?

CZY DOROTA MASŁOWSKA TO FEMINISTKA?
(Is Dorota Masłowska a Feminist?)

  • Author(s):Anna Michalak
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:140-148
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:Dorota Masłowska; Polish feminism; pop-feminism; girl; subversive strategies
  • Summary/Abstract:Literature written by Polish women in the 1990s mostly adopted the feminist perspective. However, it seems that Dorota Masłowska in her works keeps a distance from the issue of femininity.Incorporation of feminist discourse into the main cultural stream made it a component of the social imaginary elements treated by the writer with a dose of suspicion. As such, this received unfavourable reactions from some women writers and feminist critics. The article presents subversive strategies and the issues of subjectivity of Masłowska as a girl of the background of Polish feminism and pop-feminism in the initial stage of her career.
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WHEN A WOMAN IS A WHORE… VEDRANA RUDAN’S IRONIC GAME WITH VULGARITY

WHEN A WOMAN IS A WHORE… VEDRANA RUDAN’S IRONIC GAME WITH VULGARITY
(WHEN A WOMAN IS A WHORE… VEDRANA RUDAN’S IRONIC GAME WITH VULGARITY)

  • Author(s):Monika Skrzeszewska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:149-156
  • No. of Pages:8
  • Keywords:women’s studies; feminism; female; European; Asian; African
  • Summary/Abstract:The book shows the the picture of feminity in European and world culture, which emerges from the texts concerning the beginnings of women’s movement as well as in the recent publications, describing existential experience of women in local and global dimension. The publication explores the problems of distant cultures and close nations of our continent, especially Central Europe. The provided perspectives show a visible symmetry of fates of women living in Western, Middle East, African and Asian cultures.
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KIEDY KOBIETA JEST DZIWKĄ… IRONICZNA GRA VEDRANY RUDAN Z WULGARNOŚCIĄ

KIEDY KOBIETA JEST DZIWKĄ… IRONICZNA GRA VEDRANY RUDAN Z WULGARNOŚCIĄ
(When a Woman Is a Whore… Vedrana Rudan’s Ironic Game with Vulgarity)

  • Author(s):Monika Skrzeszewska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:157-165
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:Vedrana Rudan; cursing; discourse; irony; whore
  • Summary/Abstract:The article analyses the reasons and goals of calling women “whores” by one of the most popular Croatian writers, Vedrana Rudan. The discourse of cursing is a form of emancipation and anattempt to establish a new identity in the patriarchal world. Rudan does so by taking over the word “whore.” In this way, she plays an ironic game with herself and her readers, and at the end of the game she tries to convey an important message to women.
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FURIA MAĆ I INNE OPOWIEŚCI WSPÓŁCZESNE (COKOLWIEK) NIEZADOWOLONYCH DUŻYCH DZIEWCZYNEK

FURIA MAĆ I INNE OPOWIEŚCI WSPÓŁCZESNE (COKOLWIEK) NIEZADOWOLONYCH DUŻYCH DZIEWCZYNEK
(“Furia mać” and Other Contemporary Stories of (Somewhat) Unsatisfied Big Girls)

  • Author(s):Beata Rynkiewicz
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:166-179
  • No. of Pages:14
  • Keywords:prose; everyday life; contemporary times; critical literary discourses; feminism
  • Summary/Abstract:The paper studies selected works of contemporary writers (Justyna Bargielska, Sylwia Kubryńska,Sylwia Chutnik), the heroines of which “not perfectly enough” struggle with everyday life, often in unfavourable external circumstances. The approach to specific “women’s talking,” mannersof perceiving the world, matters of various significance, moments when what is funny suddenly changes into a drama, sometimes not so obvious, as familiar, domestic but, as it is shown, alsobitter. In the background we can see the discussion on critical literary discourses, the past ones, just after 1989, and more familiar to our contemporary times, with respect to more or less open feminist discourses.
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TOWARDS ARAB FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM: WESTERN FRAMEWORKS AND ARAB PARADIGMS

TOWARDS ARAB FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM: WESTERN FRAMEWORKS AND ARAB PARADIGMS
(TOWARDS ARAB FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM: WESTERN FRAMEWORKS AND ARAB PARADIGMS)

  • Author(s):Hala Kamal
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:183-201
  • No. of Pages:19
  • Keywords:women’s studies; feminism; female; European; Asian; African
  • Summary/Abstract:The book shows the the picture of feminity in European and world culture, which emerges from the texts concerning the beginnings of women’s movement as well as in the recent publications, describing existential experience of women in local and global dimension. The publication explores the problems of distant cultures and close nations of our continent, especially Central Europe. The provided perspectives show a visible symmetry of fates of women living in Western, Middle East, African and Asian cultures.
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W STRONĘ ARABSKIEJ KRYTYKI FEMINISTYCZNEJ: ZACHODNIE RAMY I ARABSKIE WZORCE

W STRONĘ ARABSKIEJ KRYTYKI FEMINISTYCZNEJ: ZACHODNIE RAMY I ARABSKIE WZORCE
(Towards Arab Feminist Literary Criticism: Western Frameworks and Arab Paradigms)

  • Author(s):Hala Kamal
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:202-221
  • No. of Pages:20
  • Keywords:feminist literary criticism; Arabic studies; women’s writing; Egypt
  • Summary/Abstract:This study traces the development of Arab feminist literary criticism by identifying and categorising the most prominent studies on Arab women’s writing in Anglo-American academia and in Egypt. It is divided into four parts: “Gender and Literature," “Feminist Literary Criticism,” “Literary Theory and Arab Women’s Writing,” and “Feminist Literary Criticism in Egypt.” The paper chartsa history of feminist criticism in Arab literary studies and aims to encourage investigation of Arab women’s literature and the establishment of a school of Arab feminist literary criticism.
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KONSTRUKCJE TOŻSAMOŚCI KOBIECYCH W TWÓRCZOŚCI PROZATORSKIEJ PISAREK Z TANZANII

KONSTRUKCJE TOŻSAMOŚCI KOBIECYCH W TWÓRCZOŚCI PROZATORSKIEJ PISAREK Z TANZANII
(Constructions of Feminine Identities in Prose Works of Women Writers from Tanzania)

  • Author(s):Izabela Romańczuk
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:222-232
  • No. of Pages:11
  • Keywords:Swahili literature; fiction; gender identity; women’s works; Tanzania
  • Summary/Abstract:The subject of the article is the analysis of selected texts of Swahili prose written by women writers from Tanzania. The author attempts to answer the question: how do women as authors cope with gender identity issues? How do they present the subject of their works – various feminine characters? Do they follow socially dominant gender discourses, or are they critical of them?
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W POSZUKIWANIU WŁASNEGO GŁOSU: POETKI AZJI POŁUDNIOWEJ

W POSZUKIWANIU WŁASNEGO GŁOSU: POETKI AZJI POŁUDNIOWEJ
(In Search of One’s Own Voice: The Women Poets of South Asia)

  • Author(s):Kamila Junik-Łuniewska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:233-243
  • No. of Pages:11
  • Keywords:Hindi; Urdu; poetry; identity; feminine voice
  • Summary/Abstract:The article is an attempt to analyse the works of poetesses from India and Pakistan, writing in Hindi and Urdu. It aims to present how women see themselves, how they define their identity, how they search for their place in society and literature – areas dominated by men. The selected works present women’s emotionality and the world as seen from the feminine perspective and were written by poets who, extending beyond feminist discourse, speak in feminine voice.
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INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER, CLASS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE POETRY: ZHENG XIAOQIONG AND HER WRITING FROM BELOW

INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER, CLASS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE POETRY: ZHENG XIAOQIONG AND HER WRITING FROM BELOW
(INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER, CLASS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE POETRY: ZHENG XIAOQIONG AND HER WRITING FROM BELOW)

  • Author(s):Justyna Jaguścik
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:244-254
  • No. of Pages:11
  • Keywords:women’s studies; feminism; female; European; Asian; African
  • Summary/Abstract:The book shows the the picture of feminity in European and world culture, which emerges from the texts concerning the beginnings of women’s movement as well as in the recent publications, describing existential experience of women in local and global dimension. The publication explores the problems of distant cultures and close nations of our continent, especially Central Europe. The provided perspectives show a visible symmetry of fates of women living in Western, Middle East, African and Asian cultures.
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SPLOT PŁCI KULTUROWEJ, KLASY SPOŁECZNEJ I PROBLEMÓW EKOLOGICZNYCH WE WSPÓŁCZESNEJ POEZJI CHIŃSKIEJ: ZHENG XIAOQIONG I JEJ PISARSTWO Z NIZIN

SPLOT PŁCI KULTUROWEJ, KLASY SPOŁECZNEJ I PROBLEMÓW EKOLOGICZNYCH WE WSPÓŁCZESNEJ POEZJI CHIŃSKIEJ: ZHENG XIAOQIONG I JEJ PISARSTWO Z NIZIN
(Intersections of Gender, Class and Environmental Concern in Contemporary Chinese Poetry: Zheng Xiaoqiong and Her Writing from Below)

  • Author(s):Justyna Jaguścik
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:255-265
  • No. of Pages:11
  • Keywords:China; ecocriticism; gender; migrant workers; poetry
  • Summary/Abstract:Since the turn of the century, the so-called writing from below (diceng xiezuo) has becomea much-discussed issue in mainland China. Texts by authors from lower social strata, mainly migrant workers, have been appearing in unofficial magazines, based in southern China, since the 1980s. This paper focuses on texts by Zheng Xiaoqiong and demonstrates how in her poetry and essays gender intersects with class. Speaking from the position of a (former) female migrant worker, Zheng delivers in her writing a radical critique of industrialisation and globalisation, and shows the human and environmental costs of the Chinese economic miracle.
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EFEKT OBCOŚCI. CIOTUNIA WERONIKI SZCZAWIŃSKIEJ JAKO PROPOZYCJA FEMINISTYCZNEJ STRATEGII W TEATRZE

EFEKT OBCOŚCI. CIOTUNIA WERONIKI SZCZAWIŃSKIEJ JAKO PROPOZYCJA FEMINISTYCZNEJ STRATEGII W TEATRZE
(The Alienation Effect. “Ciotunia” by Weronika Szczawińska as a Proposal of Feminist Strategy in Theatre)

  • Author(s):Agata Chałupnik
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:269-280
  • No. of Pages:12
  • Keywords:feminist theatre; alienation effect; Weronika Szczawińska; Aleksander Fredro; Ciotunia
  • Summary/Abstract:The text presents a performance reading of Ciotunia by Aleksander Fredro, prepared by Weronika Szczawińska at the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatrical Institute in Warsaw (2015) as an example of feminist strategy in theatre. In the play analysis, the author applies theoretical tools, developed by feminist theatre scholars, mostly by Elin Diamond, who proposes in her famous text Brechtian Theory / Feminist Theory. Toward a Gestic Feminist Criticism to take over the alienation effect category of Bertolt Brecht for the purposes of feminist theatre. A similar gesture is seen by theauthor in the theatre of Weronika Szczawińska, considering the relation between a director andan actor, as well as between a woman director and an actress, gender and sexual connotations of the canon and theatrical hierarchies, and an approach embedded into the relation between a stage and an audience.
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MATRIX, CZYLI MACIERZ - OBRAZ KOBIETY W TRYLOGII SIÓSTR WACHOWSKI

MATRIX, CZYLI MACIERZ - OBRAZ KOBIETY W TRYLOGII SIÓSTR WACHOWSKI
(“Matrix” Means “Mould” and “Mother” – the Image of a Woman in the Trilogy by the Wachowski Sisters)

  • Author(s):Adriana Brenda-Mańkowska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:281-294
  • No. of Pages:13
  • Keywords:Matrix; transgender; androgyny; identity; femininity
  • Summary/Abstract:The objective of the article is to describe women’s figures presented in the fictional universe of the Matrix and an interpretation of the presentation in transgender context. Reinterpretation of the image of gender relations, necessary because of the revealing of information on the feminine nature of the artists, allows for the discovery of new traces for interpretation of the work. This creates a new background for current discussions on the separation of body and mind in art.
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„KOBIETY INSPIRUJĄ KOBIETY”: PARYŻ W KOBIECEJ WYOBRAŹNI TURYSTYCZNEJ

„KOBIETY INSPIRUJĄ KOBIETY”: PARYŻ W KOBIECEJ WYOBRAŹNI TURYSTYCZNEJ
(“Women Inspire Women”: Paris in Feminine Touristic Imagination)

  • Author(s):Beata Walęciuk-Dejneka
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:295-303
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:Paris; feminine touristic imagination; tourist guide for women; women’s tourism
  • Summary/Abstract:The article is an attempt at literary reflection upon feminine touristic imagination: how do women inspire other women to visit popular places, how do they encourage contemporary women tourists to travel, what imaginations of femininity are the base of a tourist guide for women written by women? The objective of the article is also to present discourse on getting to know the city from feminine perspective and “being” in the city of women. The city is Paris, eternal, mysterious,extremely attractive and inspiring. The source material was the tourist guide for women written in the 1990s by Pierrette Letondor and Beatrice Berthet-Pimor, translated into Polish and published in Cracow in 1993.
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KOBIETA W DRODZE. PAMIĘTNIK REGINY SALOMEI Z RUSIECKICH PILSZTYNOWEJ

KOBIETA W DRODZE. PAMIĘTNIK REGINY SALOMEI Z RUSIECKICH PILSZTYNOWEJ
(Woman on the Road. The Memoir of Regina Salomea Pilsztynowa, Born Rusiecka)

  • Author(s):Marcin Pliszka
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:304-317
  • No. of Pages:14
  • Keywords:journey; existence; memoir; eighteenth century; space
  • Summary/Abstract:The article attempts to interpret the journey of Salomea Pilsztynowa, described in her memoiras of the eighteenth century. The peregrination of the main character is discussed in the context of sociological and existential aspects of travelling, with consideration of specifications of geo-poetics. The key issue is thus the relation between a location and a person, relation which describes the model of a journey and defines the traveller’s figure. The journey, created in the memoir, combines the features of experimental and existential tourism with wandering about without any plan.
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KAPŁANKI DOMOWEGO OGNISKA. IDEAŁ POBOŻNEJ ŻYDÓWKI W ŚWIETLE MODLITEWNIKÓW XIX-WIECZNYCH ŻYDÓWEK: FANNY NEUDY, ROZALII SAULSONOWEJ, FANNY G…R

KAPŁANKI DOMOWEGO OGNISKA. IDEAŁ POBOŻNEJ ŻYDÓWKI W ŚWIETLE MODLITEWNIKÓW XIX-WIECZNYCH ŻYDÓWEK: FANNY NEUDY, ROZALII SAULSONOWEJ, FANNY G…R
(Priestesses of Home. The Ideal of a Religious Jewish Woman in the View of Prayer Books of Nineteenth-Century Jewish Women: Fanny Neuda, Rozalia Saulson, Fanny G…r)

  • Author(s):Agata Rybińska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:318-329
  • No. of Pages:12
  • Keywords:prayer books; Jewish women; nineteenth century; social roles; role models
  • Summary/Abstract:The objective of the article is to present differences and similarities in the perception of Jewish women and their lives in the perspective of selected prayer texts: edited in national languages and published in Moravia, in the Kingdom of Poland and in the German Empire. Three nineteenth century Jewish women – Fanny Neuda, Rozalia Saulson and unidentified Fanny G…r – published these collections of prayers with Jewish women and girls in mind. They promote traditional role models and social roles (of religious Jewish women, mothers, housewives).
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XIX-WIECZNE DYSKUSJE O „CHARAKTERZE KOBIET”. GŁOS KLEMENTYNY Z TAŃSKICH HOFFMANOWEJ

XIX-WIECZNE DYSKUSJE O „CHARAKTERZE KOBIET”. GŁOS KLEMENTYNY Z TAŃSKICH HOFFMANOWEJ
(Nineteenth-Century Discussions on “The Nature of Women.” The Voice of Klementyna Hoffmanowa, Born Tańska)

  • Author(s):Małgorzata Karpińska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:330-340
  • No. of Pages:11
  • Keywords:women; Klementyna Hoffmanowa; born Tańska; the gender nature; education of women
  • Summary/Abstract:“The gender nature” is a nineteenth-century notion covering psychological aspects of sex. The theory had a real impact on the perception of sex. On Polish territory the issue was most widely addressed by Klementyna Hoffmanowa, who thought that the human spirit was based on three powers: soul, heart and brain. The feminine soul is weak, which, according to her, is advantageous: women are less unholy, less likely to commit offences and crimes. The feminine brain, however, is weak, powerless, but full of imagination, which makes women full of vice. Women supersede men in the power of heart. It makes them faithful assistants of men and devoted mothers. It allmakes women closer to nature than to culture by their construction. For her own safety, a woman should give in to the protection of a wise, down-to-earth man.
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PRZEZ MŁODĄ DAMĘ DLA MŁODYCH DAM. KREACJA KOBIECOŚCI W PAMIĄTCE PO DOBREJ MATCE KLEMENTYNY HOFFMANOWEJ

PRZEZ MŁODĄ DAMĘ DLA MŁODYCH DAM. KREACJA KOBIECOŚCI W PAMIĄTCE PO DOBREJ MATCE KLEMENTYNY HOFFMANOWEJ
(Young Lady for Young Ladies. Creation of Femininity in “Pamiątka po dobrej matce” by Kle mentyna Hoffmanowa)

  • Author(s):Daria Chudoba
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:341-352
  • No. of Pages:12
  • Keywords:bringing up women; Klementyna Hoffmanowa; emancipation; history of women; social history of the nineteenth century
  • Summary/Abstract:The article is an analysis of the manner of creation of femininity in publications by Klementyna Hoffmanowa, born Tańska. The assessment of the writer in the subject literature is unambiguous – on the one hand, it values her great impact in bringing up and educating Polish girls, on the other, it criticises her for archaic views on women’s roles in society. The text aims to assess if the femininity image created by Hoffmanowa is the feature holding emancipation back, or whether itis rather a set of pragmatic conclusions drawn on the basis of what is really expected of women.
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ODMIANY KOBIECOŚCI W LITERATURZE DLA DZIECI. PIĘĆ POSTACI Z TEKSTÓW ZOFII ROGOSZÓWNY

ODMIANY KOBIECOŚCI W LITERATURZE DLA DZIECI. PIĘĆ POSTACI Z TEKSTÓW ZOFII ROGOSZÓWNY
(Images of Femininity in Children’s Literature. Five Characters from the Texts by Zofia Rogoszówna)

  • Author(s):Joanna Frużyńska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:353-367
  • No. of Pages:15
  • Keywords:children’s literature; violence; femininity; family; childhood
  • Summary/Abstract:The article describes the works of Zofia Rogoszówna, placing her children’s stories and stories about children in the perspective of feminine studies. The key question refers to possible connections of the writer’s works with the ideas of the early Polish feminist movement. The answer to this question is positive. Rogoszówna disclosed violence incorporated into the patriarchal social order in various manners. The model she proposes, of an independent and humanitarian stand, reflecting her ideal of femininity, is illustrated in the feminine character types created in her work.
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(NIE)PEŁNOSPRAWNE SPOJRZENIA: BOHATERKA NAJNOWSZEJ POLSKIEJ PROZY DLA MŁODZIEŻY

(NIE)PEŁNOSPRAWNE SPOJRZENIA: BOHATERKA NAJNOWSZEJ POLSKIEJ PROZY DLA MŁODZIEŻY
((Dis)abled Views: The Heroine of the Latest Polish Prose for Youth)

  • Author(s):Alicja Fidowicz
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:368-376
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:disability; gender studies; disability studies; stigmatisation
  • Summary/Abstract:The article attempts to answer the question on stereotypes and representation of the disabled teenage girls in Polish prose for young readers. The author notices connections between gender studies and disability studies, in particular the problem of doubled stigmatisation, due tosex and disability. Thus, she analyses selected works of Barbara Wiza, Barbara Ciwoniuk and Barbara Odnous.
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CZY KRYTYKA PSYCHOANALITYCZNA MA PŁEĆ? INTERPRETACJA BAŚNI O ŚPIĄCEJ KRÓLEWNIE STEFANIE BORNSTEIN W ODNIESIENIU DO ANALIZY BRUNONA BETTELHEIMA

CZY KRYTYKA PSYCHOANALITYCZNA MA PŁEĆ? INTERPRETACJA BAŚNI O ŚPIĄCEJ KRÓLEWNIE STEFANIE BORNSTEIN W ODNIESIENIU DO ANALIZY BRUNONA BETTELHEIMA
(Does the Psychoanalytic Critic Have Gender? Interpretation of the Sleeping Beauty by Stefanie Bornstein in Relation to Analysis by Bruno Bettelheim)

  • Author(s):Kamila Żukowska
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:379-393
  • No. of Pages:15
  • Keywords:Stefanie Bornstein; Bruno Bettelheim; fairy tale; Sleeping Beauty; psychoanalysis
  • Summary/Abstract:The paper discusses the psychoanalytical interpretation of the Sleeping Beauty, according to the German tradition entitled Little Briar Rose (Dornröschen), proposed by Stefanie Bornstein. Theauthor, who belonged to the first generation of Freudian psychoanalysts, is almost forgotten today despite her unquestionable contribution to psychoanalytical pedagogy. The interpretation, which appeared in 1933 in the German magazine Imago, was discussed in the article in terms of possible connections between the author’s gender and the meanings she attributed to the fairy tale. In order to highlight the differences in interpretation, the text of the pre-war researcher wasalso juxtaposed with the analysis of the Sleeping Beauty by Bruno Bettelheim.
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ZAMKNIĘTA WE WŁASNYM „JA”. NARCYZA ZOFII NAŁKOWSKIEJ JAKO STUDIUM KOBIECEGO NARCYZMU

ZAMKNIĘTA WE WŁASNYM „JA”. NARCYZA ZOFII NAŁKOWSKIEJ JAKO STUDIUM KOBIECEGO NARCYZMU
(Enclosed in Her Own “I.” “Narcyza” by Zofia Nałkowska as a Study of Feminine Narcissism)

  • Author(s):Jan Zdunik
  • Language:English, Polish
  • Subject(s):Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
  • Page Range:394-408
  • No. of Pages:15
  • Keywords:narcissism; Zofia Nałkowska; Narcyza; psychotherapy; relation
  • Summary/Abstract:The article interprets Narcyza, a novel by young Zofia Nałkowska, in the context of the title phenomenon of narcissism. Thanks to the analysis of the important modernistic phenomenon in the aspect of psychoanalysis, one can notice that the heroine’s escape into her own “I” is not only characteristic of introspective escapism, but it also might have its sources in interpersonal relations, in particular in an early adolescent disorder of the basic relations with the mother – the primary object.
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