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    Published: 2018-12-301
    No. 6 (2018)

    Remarks on the Feminisation of the Contemporary Polish Historical Prose on the Example of Biographical Novels

    Matylda Zatorska

    Abstract

    This paper is concerned with the feminisation of contemporary Polish historical novel, especially
    of its biographical variant. Transforming traditional narratives and restoring the memory
    of women in history are the most important tasks of herstory, a discipline born in the twentieth
    century out of the question about the role and place of women in the history of humankind. The author
    of this paper pays particular attention to the texts of popular culture, especially biographical novels
    about women written by female writers, such as Ewa Stachniak, Janina Lesiak and Alina Zerling-
    -Konopka. Historical novels written by female authors bring into sharp focus the postulates of feminist
    literary criticism, such as reclaiming the history of women by filling in the gaps in historical
    narratives and shifting the point of view, which allows for the depiction of the activity of women
    in the fields traditionally considered male. What emerges from such novels are unobvious themes,
    but also the revision of the solidified images of famous figures. However, a considerable number
    of those texts does not translate into their artistic merit.

    Keywords:

    historical novel, woman, herstory, feminisation

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    Zatorska, M. (2018). Remarks on the Feminisation of the Contemporary Polish Historical Prose on the Example of Biographical Novels. Prace Literaturoznawcze, (6). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/pl/article/view/2673

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