- Tytuł:
- The (Lost) Voice of a Woman: the Gorgonowa Case in Irena Krzywicka’s Narrative
- Autorzy:
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Kurowicka, Anna
Serafin, Ewa
Wróblewska-Trochimiuk, Ewa - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/635604.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2016
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
- Tematy:
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Irena Krzywicka
the Gorgonowa case
the voice of women
femme fatale
Lviv
sadism
feminine continuum
stranger - Opis:
- The article analyses Irena Krzywicka’s coverage of the so-called Gorgonowa case, in which a Yugoslavian citizen, Rita Gorgon, was accused of killing her teenage stepdaughter. The authors notice two seemingly dissonant practices in the analysed text: Krzywicka’s involvement in the fight for women’s rights is accompanied by taking away the accused’s voice. The feminist writer treats the case as a pretext for a critique of the bourgeoisie and its institutions, which she achieves by revealing and exaggerating the theatricality coupled with sadism present in the court proceedings. The strategy of exoticisation of Rita Gorgon, which affected her perception as a stranger, is also explored. In the emotionally charged description of the trial, there is surprisingly little space for the voice of the accused herself, who is not represented by Krzywicka, but merely presented. The pursuit of rehabilitation undertaken by Rita Gorgon’s daughter and granddaughter appears to be an attempt to symbolically return the voice to the accused and to recreate the “feminine continuum”.
- Źródło:
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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne; 2016, 11; 127-142
2084-3011 - Pojawia się w:
- Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki