Misoginism. Femme fatale. Androgyne - despre creatiile feminine în proza lui Mateiu Caragiale
Date
2008
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Misogyny. Femme fatale. Androgyne - female characters in Mateiu Caragiale's prose
Abstract
The article tells about the female characters in Mateiu Caragiale's literary work and
tries to depict the characteristics of modern prose in 1930s that reflect the
tendencies concentrated on the idea of „battle of the sexes". The emancipation and
the changing role of women in the society led to the phenomenon of misogyny,
while the image of femme fatale became a popular literary theme. On the other hand
there existed the archetype of Androgyne that become a perfect incarnation of both
sexes. All these aspects mentioned above found a reflection in Mateiu Caragiale's
novel „Craii de Curtea Veche" proving the universal character of his work.
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Caragiale Mateiu, Emancipation, Femme fatale
Citation
Studia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2008, vol. 35, pp. 35-47
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978-83-232174-7-3