The art of breaking up. Infelicitous engagements in Polish novels and memoirs from the turn of the 20th century
The article is devoted to a morally sensitive topic, created by situations which did not lead to marriage, but ended with a discrediting separation. It analyses socially accepted, although often false, reasons for splitting up, treated as shameful and without approval, frequently hidden under excuse...
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2022-08-01
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| description | The article is devoted to a morally sensitive topic, created by situations which did not lead to marriage, but ended with a discrediting separation. It analyses socially accepted, although often false, reasons for splitting up, treated as shameful and without approval, frequently hidden under excuses provided by savoir-vivre handbooks. It also compares, in this case, the positions of women and men, reflecting on the attempt to protect the reputation of a young lady with a fixed social convention. Texts that refer to authentic biographical material, which were read by the contemporary readers as romans à clef violating moral taboos seem particularly interesting. Novels of manners are the basis for reflection, such as the works by Bolesław Prus Lalka [The Doll] and Emancypantki [Emancipated Women], Maria Rodziewiczówna Między ustami a brzegiem pucharu [Between the lips and the rim of the goblet] and Kądziel [Woman’s inheritance], Henryk Sienkiewicz Bez dogmatu [Without dogma] and Rodzina Połanieckich [Children of the Soil], Sewer Bajecznie kolorowa [Fabulously colourful], and Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer Anioł śmierci [Angel of death], but also the contents of memoirs of the period (by Anna Skarbek-Sokołowska, Magdalena Samozwaniec, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński and more). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bc0d74a280f47ef844aa3ce7c93ec8b2024-01-09T15:10:16ZengThe Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of SciencesNapis1507-41532719-41912022-08-01189207The art of breaking up. Infelicitous engagements in Polish novels and memoirs from the turn of the 20th centuryAgnieszka BąbelThe article is devoted to a morally sensitive topic, created by situations which did not lead to marriage, but ended with a discrediting separation. It analyses socially accepted, although often false, reasons for splitting up, treated as shameful and without approval, frequently hidden under excuses provided by savoir-vivre handbooks. It also compares, in this case, the positions of women and men, reflecting on the attempt to protect the reputation of a young lady with a fixed social convention. Texts that refer to authentic biographical material, which were read by the contemporary readers as romans à clef violating moral taboos seem particularly interesting. Novels of manners are the basis for reflection, such as the works by Bolesław Prus Lalka [The Doll] and Emancypantki [Emancipated Women], Maria Rodziewiczówna Między ustami a brzegiem pucharu [Between the lips and the rim of the goblet] and Kądziel [Woman’s inheritance], Henryk Sienkiewicz Bez dogmatu [Without dogma] and Rodzina Połanieckich [Children of the Soil], Sewer Bajecznie kolorowa [Fabulously colourful], and Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer Anioł śmierci [Angel of death], but also the contents of memoirs of the period (by Anna Skarbek-Sokołowska, Magdalena Samozwaniec, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński and more).http://journals.openedition.org/napis/2726engagementbreaking upPolish novel 19-20 centurymemoirs 19-20 century |
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| title | The art of breaking up. Infelicitous engagements in Polish novels and memoirs from the turn of the 20th century |
| title_full | The art of breaking up. Infelicitous engagements in Polish novels and memoirs from the turn of the 20th century |
| title_fullStr | The art of breaking up. Infelicitous engagements in Polish novels and memoirs from the turn of the 20th century |
| title_full_unstemmed | The art of breaking up. Infelicitous engagements in Polish novels and memoirs from the turn of the 20th century |
| title_short | The art of breaking up. Infelicitous engagements in Polish novels and memoirs from the turn of the 20th century |
| title_sort | art of breaking up infelicitous engagements in polish novels and memoirs from the turn of the 20th century |
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