Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre
The aim of the study is to consider feminist retellings of myths and legends. As an example, Marg... more The aim of the study is to consider feminist retellings of myths and legends. As an example, Margaret Atwood’s book The Penelopiad is analyzed. The interpretation is situated in a broader context of intertextual practices characteristic of the feminist vision of literature. I present the ideas which Atwood shares with authors engaged in women’s movement. Among these there is Atwood’s understanding of intertextuality (noticeable especially in The Penelopiad). Bibliographical basis of the study comprises books which are fundamental to feminist and gender criticism (e.g. Poetics of Gender, ed. by N. Miller, New York 1986; S. M. Gilbert, S. Gubar The Madwoman in the Attic. The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth- Century Literary Imagination, New Haven and London 1984). What is more, the study refers to the books which allow considering the notion of intertextuality (G. Allen, Intertextuality, London and New York 2010, J. Clayton. E. Rothstein (eds.), Influence and Intertextuality in Litera...
In the article, Katarzyna Lisowska analyzes selected literary studies metaphors (Edward Bal-cerza... more In the article, Katarzyna Lisowska analyzes selected literary studies metaphors (Edward Bal-cerzan’s term) in order to discuss the way in which they represent the academic worldview of the author. The paper focuses on the phrases from the semantic field of corporeality and/or eroticism and their presence in four influential methodologies: structuralism, post-structuralism (as well as the perspectives related to it: deconstruction and deconstructionism), feminist criticism and gender studies discourse. The analyses reveal a significant role of metaphors in expressing and formulating the assumptions of a given methodology, as well as some paradoxes which result from the applica-tion of the presented phrases.
The article discusses the Polish translation (2018) of Goliarda Sapienza’s novel L’arte della gio... more The article discusses the Polish translation (2018) of Goliarda Sapienza’s novel L’arte della gioia (The Art of Joy, in Polish Sztuka radości, trans. by Tomasz Kwiecień) in relation to the selected works of Inga Iwasiów and Sylwia Zientek. Anarchism, which provides the ideological background of the Italian book, serves as the basic point of reference for this interpretation. The author points to the issues from Sapienza’s novel which are important from the perspective of anarchism and which can also be found in the Polish texts mentioned in the article. The aim of this analysis is to discuss the context in which The Art of Joy functions in Poland and to suggest the possible lines of interpretation that can be drawn between this novel and contemporary Polish literature.
This paper concerns three significant concepts in Maria Komornicka’s writings: body, spirit and g... more This paper concerns three significant concepts in Maria Komornicka’s writings: body, spirit and gender. The first two are closely related to each other, thus initial paragraphs are devoted to them both. On the basis of these reflections, I draw some conclusion about the image of gender created by the poet. The notion of gender is analysed in terms of Young Poland discourse of gender and from the perspective of modern methodologies: feminist criticism as well as gender and queer studies. This paper aims at encouraging the reader to reinterpret M. Komornicka’s output with contemporary awareness.
W artykule autorka omawia kilka właściwości cechujących studia męskości w rodzimym literaturoznaw... more W artykule autorka omawia kilka właściwości cechujących studia męskości w rodzimym literaturoznawstwie, kładąc nacisk między innymi na dające się ostatnio zaobserwować nawiązania do „zwrotu analnego”. W drugiej części artykułu znalazła się analiza powieści Michała Witkowskiego Lubiewo i Wymazane. Autorka wskazuje na obecne w obu utworach dowartościowanie starości, które jest interpretowane jako sygnał specyficznej retrotopijności. Wynikająca z tego zestawienia wizja męskości zagrożonej rozpadem łączy się z modelem męskiego genderu proponowanym w „zwrocie analnym” i sygnalizuje swoistą retrotopijność zarówno twórczości Witkowskiego, jak i literaturoznawczych masculinity studies.
Analyses/Rereadings/Theories: A Journal Devoted to Literature, Film and Theatre
The aim of the study is to consider feminist retellings of myths and legends. As an example, Marg... more The aim of the study is to consider feminist retellings of myths and legends. As an example, Margaret Atwood’s book The Penelopiad is analyzed. The interpretation is situated in a broader context of intertextual practices characteristic of the feminist vision of literature. I present the ideas which Atwood shares with authors engaged in women’s movement. Among these there is Atwood’s understanding of intertextuality (noticeable especially in The Penelopiad). Bibliographical basis of the study comprises books which are fundamental to feminist and gender criticism (e.g. Poetics of Gender, ed. by N. Miller, New York 1986; S. M. Gilbert, S. Gubar The Madwoman in the Attic. The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth- Century Literary Imagination, New Haven and London 1984). What is more, the study refers to the books which allow considering the notion of intertextuality (G. Allen, Intertextuality, London and New York 2010, J. Clayton. E. Rothstein (eds.), Influence and Intertextuality in Litera...
In the article, Katarzyna Lisowska analyzes selected literary studies metaphors (Edward Bal-cerza... more In the article, Katarzyna Lisowska analyzes selected literary studies metaphors (Edward Bal-cerzan’s term) in order to discuss the way in which they represent the academic worldview of the author. The paper focuses on the phrases from the semantic field of corporeality and/or eroticism and their presence in four influential methodologies: structuralism, post-structuralism (as well as the perspectives related to it: deconstruction and deconstructionism), feminist criticism and gender studies discourse. The analyses reveal a significant role of metaphors in expressing and formulating the assumptions of a given methodology, as well as some paradoxes which result from the applica-tion of the presented phrases.
The article discusses the Polish translation (2018) of Goliarda Sapienza’s novel L’arte della gio... more The article discusses the Polish translation (2018) of Goliarda Sapienza’s novel L’arte della gioia (The Art of Joy, in Polish Sztuka radości, trans. by Tomasz Kwiecień) in relation to the selected works of Inga Iwasiów and Sylwia Zientek. Anarchism, which provides the ideological background of the Italian book, serves as the basic point of reference for this interpretation. The author points to the issues from Sapienza’s novel which are important from the perspective of anarchism and which can also be found in the Polish texts mentioned in the article. The aim of this analysis is to discuss the context in which The Art of Joy functions in Poland and to suggest the possible lines of interpretation that can be drawn between this novel and contemporary Polish literature.
This paper concerns three significant concepts in Maria Komornicka’s writings: body, spirit and g... more This paper concerns three significant concepts in Maria Komornicka’s writings: body, spirit and gender. The first two are closely related to each other, thus initial paragraphs are devoted to them both. On the basis of these reflections, I draw some conclusion about the image of gender created by the poet. The notion of gender is analysed in terms of Young Poland discourse of gender and from the perspective of modern methodologies: feminist criticism as well as gender and queer studies. This paper aims at encouraging the reader to reinterpret M. Komornicka’s output with contemporary awareness.
W artykule autorka omawia kilka właściwości cechujących studia męskości w rodzimym literaturoznaw... more W artykule autorka omawia kilka właściwości cechujących studia męskości w rodzimym literaturoznawstwie, kładąc nacisk między innymi na dające się ostatnio zaobserwować nawiązania do „zwrotu analnego”. W drugiej części artykułu znalazła się analiza powieści Michała Witkowskiego Lubiewo i Wymazane. Autorka wskazuje na obecne w obu utworach dowartościowanie starości, które jest interpretowane jako sygnał specyficznej retrotopijności. Wynikająca z tego zestawienia wizja męskości zagrożonej rozpadem łączy się z modelem męskiego genderu proponowanym w „zwrocie analnym” i sygnalizuje swoistą retrotopijność zarówno twórczości Witkowskiego, jak i literaturoznawczych masculinity studies.
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