I am the River! Wanda by Zuzanna Orlińska, Literary Tradition and Hydrofeminism
The paper presents a short story entitled Wanda by Zuzanna Orlińska as a posthumanist reinterpretation of the traditional ethnocentric legend. Subtle changes in te character’s motivation and expanding the plot of Wanda’s story into two other texts create a new understanding of community (not only a...
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| Language: | English |
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Polish Ethnological Society
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Folklore and Popular Culture |
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| Online Access: | https://apcz.umk.pl/LL/article/view/45250 |
| Summary: | The paper presents a short story entitled Wanda by Zuzanna Orlińska as a posthumanist reinterpretation of the traditional ethnocentric legend. Subtle changes in te character’s motivation and expanding the plot of Wanda’s story into two other texts create a new understanding of community (not only a national one), as well as a new model of women’s participation in it. The foundations of this new model are agency, care and interdependence.
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| ISSN: | 0024-4708 2544-2872 |