Polish and Czech “literary reciprocity” in the second half of the 19th century: Eliza Orzeszkowa’s reception by the Czechs and Karolina Světlá’s reception by the Poles
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2012
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Polsko-czeska „literacka wzajemność” w drugiej połowie XIX wieku. Czeska recepcja Elizy Orzeszkowej oraz polska recepcja Karoliny Světlej
Abstract
The aim of the article is to describe the extraordinarily animated and extensive relationships
between Polish and Czech literature in the second half of the 19th century. Literary correspondence
is extremely clearly revealed with regard to the Czech writer Karolina Světla and
her reception in Poland and the Polish writer Eliza Orzeszkowa together with her reception
in Czech. The article attempts to indicate the reasons for their popularity in these neighbouring
countries in the last decades of the 19th century. Thus the subsequent reflection explores
a shared viewpoint of both writers concerning national questions, combined with the necessity
of women’s liberation, including their accessibility to education. By exploring the critical
possibilities of literature, Světla and Orzeszkowa were exposing the imperfections of
their own nations regarding patriotism and emancipation. At the same time, it is worth stressing
that both writers regarded their neighbouring nation as a model.
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Polish and Czech literature, Literary reciprocity, Women’s writing, Orzeszkowa Eliza, Světla Karolina, Reception, Nation, education, Female emancipation
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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2012, nr 2, s.355–370
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978-83-232-2409-9