Spotkanie ze Złem. Gotyckie elementy „Poganki” Narcyzy Żmichowskiej

• Authors: Ewa Owczarz

Title variants

EN

Meeting the Evil.Gothic elements in "Pagan" Woman by Narcyza Żmichowska

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Casket-like structured Pagan Woman by Narcyza Żmichowska is shown as a ‘feargenerating’ composition. The main thesis underlying the article is as follows: in her novel Żmichowska discusses the problem of love and art, but in fact shows the problem of evil and sin. She relies on such lively Gothic motifs as: castle, Satan, picture, look-alike and the icon of fear − the vampire. The motif of fire as an epiphany of fear will be analysed i  detail in the following discussion.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Prace Filologiczne. Literaturoznawstwo
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 59
• Issue: (3)
• Pages: 269-287

Dates

published

2019-10-19

Contributors

author

Ewa Owczarz

• Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu