Диалог Великой княгини Екатерины Алексеевны с польским анонимным автором о месте и роли женщины в обществе: к вопросу о функционировании жанра анекдота в творчестве Екатерины II

Tatiana Akimowa

Sarańsk

Аннотация

In the article is considered the problem of functioning anecdote in Catherines II fiction.
Anecdote depicting the image of a clever and educated wife starts a dialogue with a Polish
anonymous authors text A golden burden of marriage, in which the image of wife becomes
a target for mocking and open Renaissance laugh. Catherine Alexeevna answers on it using Enli-
ghtening conception of a wife image, whose place in the society is determined by her education,
upbringing and literature abilities. Thanks to her qualities, a woman can become the owner of the
salon and even in some exceptional cases the Empress.