Francuski teatr feministyczny na przełomie XIX i XX wieku
The French feminist theater at the turn of 19th and 20th centuries

Author(s): Tomasz Kaczmarek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, French Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Vera Starkoff;Nelly Roussel;feminist theater;anarchy;didactic drama
Summary/Abstract: Until recently not many people recognized the feminist theater movement existing in the end of the 19th century. For almost a century it was condemned to oblivion for above all political reasons. Most scholars were focused on anarchist authors while in this the article works of the two feminine authors are analyzed, these include: Vera Starkoff and Nelly Roussel. Starkoff, the Russian Jew, was inspired by Tolstoy, Zola and Ibsen, and wrote the didactic dramas in which she discussed gender inequality between men and women at that time. She in her works seems to be more moderate then Russel who is more uncompromising in her works. Russell ridicules canonic values represented by the Roman-Catholic Church enslaving not only women but each individual’s thinking.

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