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Gender Studies - Dilemmas of a Student of Literature

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Lebkowska A.

Ruch Literacki

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2005

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tom 46

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nr 6(273)

525-537

EN

This article tries to answer a pair of questions which are connected with the arrival of gender studies. One concerns the benefits and inspiring insights inherent in the concept of gender and the other problems and controversies that result from its adoption into the field of literary studies. First, the concept of gender is examined in relation to other critical terms from the toolbox of literary theory and cultural studies. A review of the main issues that have been opened up by the gender approach is followed by an balanced assessment of its achievements and shortcomings, its potential to inspire and to lead astray. The theoretical frame for this analysis is provided by the notion of a culture-conditioned object of reading. This concept as well as the distinction between the knowledge of literature and the conditioning of knowledge in literature are explained. Finally, the article offers a few suggestions how to preserve literature from the dangers of instrumentalization.

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GENDER STUDIES TODAY ('Gender studies' dzis)

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Ritz G.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 5(113)

9-15

EN

This essay describes the way the literary-theoretical notion of 'gender' has made from the West to the East. Perils and limits of the present-day studies are outlined, particularly with respect to research carried out by external observer. A possible solution is tracked in extension of the 'gender' notion to (the) nation.

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THE TRAPS, PARADOXES AND CHALLENGES OF GENDER STUDIES (Pulapki, paradoksy i wyzwania 'gender studies')

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Filipowicz H.

Ruch Literacki

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2009

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tom 50

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nr 2(295)

101-108

EN

This article reviews some of the theoretical and methodological premises of gender studies, recapitulates the major discussions and polemics that raged in the American gender discourse, and outlines some of the new perspectives and research trends in the field. It also offers a reappraisal of the reception of gender studies in Poland and tries to identify some of the areas that have remained unexplored.

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Jak gender studies wpływa na przyszłość bibliotek akademickich? Wizja biblioteki uniwersyteckiej według Roberta Darntona

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Śliwińska M.

Toruńskie Studia Bibliologiczne

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2012

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tom 5

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nr 2(9)

127-141

EN

Not only is this article an attempt of reconstruction Darnton’s views concerning books, libraries and researches but also shows its near future. The author is trying to decode a vicious circle which everyone seems to be within – librarians in academic libraries, scientists and publishers. Mentioned trap starts with reviews' high prices – while libraries must pay for delivering permanent magazines, they find themselves not having enough money to spend on monographs. In this situation, when even obliged libraries are not purchasing such releases, editors are not willing to publish them due to minimal expected income. It’s becoming clear that such state can be broken down only by changing philosophy of life – meaning moving scientists to 'open access' publishing. Scientific releases, published by editors associations, emerge thanks to public resources. However they are inaccessible for regular tax-payers. Franckly speaking the clue is that libraries are forced to buy their own people releases. This is becoming frustrating for most of scientists so that's why they decided to share their work in 'open access' manner. If such behavior was promoted and maintained by research institutions it would give an opportunity for development. The most significant achievement here is that science can be made less dependent from economy and industries what obviously brings it closer to its essentiality.

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SOME REMARKS ON EROTIC PROVOCATION, MALE SUBJECT AND POLISH TRADITION ON THE EXAMPLE OF MANUELA GRETKOWSKA'S NOVEL 'KABARET METAFIZYCZNY' (Kilka uwag na temat prowokacji erotycznej... na przykladzie powiesci 'Kabaret metafizyczny'..)

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Terradas F. P.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 5(113)

146-152

EN

In her novel 'Kabaret metafizyczny' (Metaphysical Cabaret) the author attempts to give the turn to this situation with an irreverent and very fun subversion in the literary use of the parts of the body and the resources of the eroticism from a more feminine vision. But Gretkowska moves far beyond the boundaries of erotic literature and uses her feminine erotism to provoke and to play, while finally constructing a novel of philosophical accents and a criticism to the contemporary society. Nevertheless, Gretkowska knows very well her radical provocation and criticism have an amplified effect in the still so mostly Catholic Polish culture.

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THE TIME OF MASKING. THE POSITION OF LESBIANS IN THE NATIONAL SOCIALISM (Czas maskowania. O sytuacji lesbijek w narodowym socjalizmie)

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Schoppman C.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 5(113)

163-174

EN

The lot of homosexual females in the Third Reich is a forgotten chapter of the history. Tabooisation and stigmatisation of the phenomenon in question does not only affect the very fact that lesbians did exist in the German society in 1930s/1940s, as it also spans onto the Nazis' and national-socialist ideology's attitude to homosexual minorities. The authoress' text poses the primary questions concerning the phenomenon whilst also attempting at responding to them and possibly minutely clarify the issues being described. She is primarily interested in the changes that took place in the lives of homosexual persons, especially women, in the Germany of the thirties; their legal situation and forms of persecution - as consequences of the Nazi homophobic ideology. Hence, the text aims at refuting the myths regarding the phenomenon under discussion whilst remarking that studies of this sort are by all means necessary and much demanded, despite of scarce sources existing.

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TROUBLES WITH GENDER (Klopoty z genderem)

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Nasilowska A.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 5(113)

6-8

EN

The term 'gender' plays a role of import in feminist(ic) discussions in Poland. However, it may trigger doubts. Approaching the pair of notions 'sex'/'gender' as mutually opposing ones misses a perspective that is most frequently assumed in gay studies where a naturalness of homoerotism is an important point of argumentation. The postmodernist thought's cultural standpoint does not provide for a possibility of coming to terms with ecology, the latter being an important challenge of the future.

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DIFFICULT 'MALE MATERNITY' IN UKRAINIAN LITERATURE OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES: TARAS SHEVCHENKO - YEVHEN MALANIUK - MYKOLA KHVYLOVYI

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Matusiak A.

Slavia Orientalis

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2008

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tom 57

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nr 2

229-245

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The text provides a synthetic view of the key subject matters of the contemporary Ukrainian literature i.e. Mother/Ukraine. The authoress analyses the subject matter in the context of the symbolism of Ukraine as a lonely mother devoid of the right to walk her own way, a mother in flood of tears, infinitely unhappy, raped and defamed by ruthless oppressors/drifters. With the use of the colonial discourse technique the authoress analyses this feminine image of the motherland on this basis of the works of Taras Shevchenko, Yevhen Malaniuk and Mykola Khvylovyi - artists, who created the most distinctive and representative literary patterns and models of interpreting the Ukraine motif in the 19th and 20th century Ukrainian literature.

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THE REASONS FOR WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN UPRISING BATTLES- GUERILLA IN LATIN AMERICA

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Sniadecka-Kotarska M.

Etnografia Polska

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2004

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tom 48

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nr 1-2

177-195

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The authoress presents the study of the participation and role of women in the guerilla movements in Latin America. The study spans the period between the second half of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century. The problem of the women's contribution to the guerilla wars has been hardly ignored by now, still it is really worth our interest, and for many reasons. One of them is the high social basis of women in the groups ( 30%-40%) in all those countries where the rebel movements took place. Another refers to the motivations of the women who, first of all, decided to join the guerilla groups in order to change the asymmetric male-female relationships based on discrimination of women. The comparative analysis of the role of women included two areas: the Carribean-Mezzoamerican (Cuba, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico) and the Andean (Columbia, Peru). It was in those countries that the guerilla wars lasted for various periods of time, ranging from 3 to 40 years. No matter how long the war lasted, women were always present in the groups, the number of which ranged from a few to over a dozen in particular countries. There are three categories of issues the authoress deals with: In the first one she juxtaposes and compares the areas and duration of the guerilla wars as well as social status, ethno-racial identity and age of the women fighters. Next, she discusses the promises of the guerilla ideologists, theoretical and vague in fact, which were intended to attract women to the combat, and the more matter-of-fact motivation of the women themselves. In the second part the participation of women is presented: kind of training the women had to go through, kind of battles and other tasks they were assigned to, their chances for promotion, functions they fulfilled, their successes and failures. Next category of issues concern changing male-female relationships within the guerilla groups, the personal relationships of the fighting women, their revolutionary marriages, but also the problem of abortion and contraception. In the conclusion the authoress points at the variety of the women's participation in the guerilla in particular countries depending on how the war ended, whether it was won or lost, ended with compromise or is still lasting. But there is something that all those situations have in common. In spite of the long-lasting commitment and sacrifice, in spite of the fact that the efforts of men and women were equal, the women haven't managed to take advantage of those experiences and to transfer the more egalitarian relationships of the guerilla groups into civilian life. Women who used to be fighting revolutionaries, now don't know how to join, like their male fellow-fighters, into legal political structures and to vie for positions in professional, social and cultural life. After years of fighting, irrespective for their courage and how well they had deserved of the cause, later they returned to the traditional women's roles again-those of women-mothers, the souls of home (alma de casa).

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'BEATEN MEN'. MASCULINITY IN CINEMA OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE ('Pokonani mezczyzni'. O meskosci w kinie Europy Srodkowo-Wschodniej)

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Rode D.

Kwartalnik Filmowy

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2011

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nr 74

224-228

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Dagmara Rode's book review of Ewa Mazierska's Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema: Black Peters and Men of Marble (2008). In her book Mazierska offers a well argued reading of chosen aspects of Polish, Czech, and Slovak films, pointing out the changes in representations of masculinity that took place due to political, economic and social transformations. The book is addressed to an English speaking audience, who will find in this volume a number of interesting details and arguments dealing with contexts and films they might not be particularly familiar with. However Polish readers will also find this book useful, as it deals with a topic neglected in Polish film studies, namely masculinity and its representations.

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'HE SMILED AT ME AND SENT KISSES WITH HIS HAND'. ON DORA SZTATMAN'S TESTIMONY ('Usmiechal sie do mnie i przesylal mi reka pocalunki'. O relacji Dory Sztatman)

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Sulej K. , Leociak J.

Zaglada Zydów. Studia i Materialy (Holocaust. Studies and Materials)

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2009

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tom 5

455-459

EN

An analysis and interpretation of Dora Sztatman's text, part of a folder of documents in Ringelblum Archive (Ring I, 1092; nowa sygn. ARG I 288). The text is an account of a young Jewish woman's encounter with two German officers in the Municipal Courts building in Leszno Street and their walk together to the 'Aryan side'. It is an attempt of looking at the historical document not only as a testimony of actual events, but particualrly as a trace of 'mental facts' - desire, dream, denial.

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BASKA, BARBARA, BARBARITA... EXILE IN POSTWAR POLISH WOMEN'S PROSE (Baska, Barbara, Barbarita... wygnanie w powojennej emigracyjnej prozie kobiecej)

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Karwowska B.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 3(111)

68-87

EN

The article deals with the lives of postwar Polish emigration as portrayed in literary works by Polish émigré women writers. It begins with the 'domestic' theme whose prominence in the works in question can be at least partly explained by the fact that in Poland, for historical and political reasons, public and private spheres had acquired a different character than in the West. The blurring of the line separating the two spaces and the image of 'Matka Polka' (a patriotic mother) are then used as points of departure for the description and analysis of the role of women of the first generation of postwar émigrés as wives and mothers.

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GENDER, RELIGION, POLITICS - ABOUT MY ANTHROPOLOGY

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Koscianska A.

Lud

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2004

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tom 88

203-218

EN

In the first part of the article the authoress presents the theoretical context of her research - the development of the anthropological reflection on cultural gender. In the second part she discusses the method and preliminary results. Research was conducted among members of two woman-led millenaristic religious movements - Brahma Kumaris and the Legion of Small Knights. The process of conversion/involvement in the movement is perceived as reconstruction of the gender identity. At the same time, it can be analysed as a form of non-verbal cultural criticism. Consequently, studies into cultural gender and religion are part of the general trend of anthropological studies into resistance.

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WHY DON'T I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT OLD-POLISH SODOMITES. ON THE 'ARCHAEOLOGY' OF GAY STUDIES IN POLAND (Dlaczego nie chce pisac o staropolskich samcoloznikach? Przyczynek do 'archeologii' gay studies w Polsce)

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Oczko P.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 5(113)

32-50

EN

The author presents the image of homosexuality in Old-Polish writings and culture (nomenclature, few extant accounts, cultural contexts), which is then compared against the Western-European material; elements of a 'proto-gay tradition' are then traced in related early-age texts. Existing, unfortunately homophobic, presentations of homosexuals in Polish studies on the Old-Polish age are discussed. A necessity is postulated to write a Polish history of homosexuality from the gay studies perspective.

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'BOY' AND HOMOSEXUALITY. LITERATURE, THE LAW, AND THAT SCARING 'HOMOEROTIC' IN PERSON (Boy i homoseksualizm. Literatura, prawo i ten przerazajacy homoerota we wlasnej osobie)

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Smieja W.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 5(113)

64-74

EN

This essay presents the place afforded to homosexuality by Tadeusz 'Boy' - Zelenski in his social and literary journalism. On the literary plane, whilst remaining apparently accepting toward homosexual themes, that author cast them away of the area of his interest. The proper place for such topics is, to his mind, trivial literature - romance or love story in the first place. The image of homosexuality and homosexuals in Boy's social commentaries is highly stereotypised. Although Boy postulates that homosexuality be depenalised, his texts are imbued with linguistic means creating a distance between the author and the topic of their utterance. The present essay is not intended to diminish Boy's role as a reformer of morals, it rather aims at defining certain nuances within this image.

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A MASOCHISTIC HOMO-HISTORY. A READING OF THE BERLIN 'SCHWULES MUSEUM' (Masochistyczna homo-historia. Lektura berlinskiego 'Schwules Museum')

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Rosol P. S.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 5(113)

51-63

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The permanent exhibition at the Berlin 'Schwules Museum' - approached as a historical as well as historiographic text; as a venue of remembrance; plus, as an institution that shapes and imposes a certain image of the past; as a collection of scholarly discourses; and, an archive providing a model of cognition - has been subject to a critical reading within the new humanities horizon, situated between a history of homosexualism and a homo-history - hence, between a universalistic narrative within the traditional academic 'grand story' that precludes 'otherness' on the grounds of the 'power-knowledge-delight' system, and, a self-counter-history harnessed to fight for justice and to a new identity politics that is backed with methodological instruments of the queer theory and gay and lesbian studies.

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BETWEEN SEX, TRUTH AND PARADIGM. A PEDAGOGICAL RESEARCH (Miedzy plcia, prawda a paradygmatem. Poszukiwania pedagoga)

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Ecler-Nocon B.

Studia z Teorii Wychowania

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2011

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nr 2(3)

156-162

EN

Lately, scientists have been written a lot about paradigm in their articles. The tendency to quote a paradigm is in pedagogic, too. It is a question: if we don't try to find a truth in our research? The author try to show the tendency for example investigations refer to sex. In conclusion of the article it is reflection that paradigm is only a way to search for a truth.

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Harriet Martineau: A Delayed Admission into the Annals of Word Sociology

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Winclawska M. S.

Studia Socjologiczne

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2004

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nr 3(174)

63-92

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This article presents Harriet Martineau, a 19th century woman sociologist and her sociological work. She became famous because of her popularisation of social sciences (especially political economy), her literary and journalistic work and women's rights activism. It was not before the 1960s when she was 'discovered' by American sociology. This article tries to reconstruct the process of that 'discovery'. Then, her three major sociological works are described: 'How to Observe Morals and Manners', which is a first methodological guide to fieldwork. 'Society in America' - an analysis of the development of new American Society. 'The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte Freely Translated and Condensed' - the first translation of Comte's book into the English language. Finally, the authoress presents arguments why Harriet Martineau should be considered a pioneer of sociology and was one of its major representatives in the 19th century English speaking world.

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A MANLY ARTEFACT AND A MYSTERIOUS POET. AROUND THE QUEER THEORY (Meski artefakt i tajemniczy poeta. Wokól teorii 'queer')

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Skucha M.

Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)

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2008

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nr 5(113)

16-31

EN

The article deals with an interpretation of a poem by Zofia Trzeszczkowska entitled 'Posag' (Statue). The text becomes a starting point for presentation of several 'gender-sensitive' reading strategies. The first part: a 'Non-gender-sensitive reading', attempts at reading the poem in a context of the ekphrasis theory and the Platonic reflection on arts and artistic creation. The following chapter - 'Gender-sensitive reading' - interprets the poem as a love monologue with a dominant record of homoerotic desire and fascination with man's carnality. The third part, headed 'Sexuality-sensitive reading', concerns the speaking 'I' - the identity of the lyrical 'I' is namely weak, unstable, escaping any attempted classification. This makes the poem a text speaking of admiration/delight and desire/lust in general. The article is concluded by theoretical considerations on new trends in literary criticism (those building on 'gender', 'gay' and 'queer' notions.).

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Verismus románu Terézy Novákové Děti čistého živého jako ženská realizace žánru vesnického románu období realismu

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Filipowicz M.

Česká literatura (Czech Literature)

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2005

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tom 53

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nr 6

839-851

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This essay attempts to distinguish between the female and male way of writing the village novel, chiefly at the level of 'description' or the 'imitation of life and institutions' (costume, food, architecture, home furnishings). The author develops the idea of the 'female perspective', which, he argues, consists in special attention to the ordinary, the mundane, and the practical sides of village life.