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
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
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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