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Z dziejów bowaryzmu we Francji

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Staroń A.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2018

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vol. 49

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issue 3

27-42

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The first mention of the term “bovarism” appears shortly after the release of Flaubert’s novel, but the modern definition: “to perceive oneself differently than one is in reality”, was coined by the philosopher and critic Jules de Gaultier. He made bovarism the center of his concept of the modern man, or even of the modern society, and he dedicated 20 years of his life to its analysis. With time, he grew to understand that it was not only a pathology, but also the moving force of human actions. Many other researchers pursued the topic of bovarism after Gaultier, both in literature and in medicine spheres. Today the concept is still popular and used not exclusively in literature, but also in social and political meaning.

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Bowaryzm – nuda – melancholia. Uwagi o bohaterach XIX-wiecznej literatury rosyjskiej

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Kotkiewicz A.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2018

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vol. 49

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issue 3

169-178

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The article examines the notion of bovarism which can be seen in the work of the most outstanding Russian writers of the second half of the 19th century, for example Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Anton Chekhov. It seems that the source of bovaristic attitude, which is culturally, socially and psychologically motivated, is the extremity of the Russian character prone to self-sacrifice, offering and suffering, as well as cruelty and sadism. A Russian variant of bovarism is boredom and melancholy.

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Angielska Bovary. O „The Doctor’s Wife” Mary E. Braddon

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Budrewicz A.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2018

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vol. 49

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issue 3

43-60

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This article is a comparative analysis of Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s The Doctor’s Wife and Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary. Braddon’s novel has been interpreted as an imitation of Flaubert’s. The basis of the analysis is a Polish translation of Braddon’s novel (Żona doktora, „Gazeta Warszawska” 1867). This translation was published earlier than the translation of Madame Bovary (1878). Braddon’s works were quite popular in Poland and they were translated into Polish as well. It is shown that Braddon’s novel was not a copy of Flaubert’s work. The similarities concern the plot (a married woman’s affair) and psychological characterisation of the eponymous character (a girl who is absorbed her books and lives in the world of fantasy). In the crucial scene of the novel, Braddon makes a different choice than Flaubert does: her protagonist, who is in love with a seducer, does not commit adultery. Braddon explained that this was due to Protestantism and platonic concept of love which does not need physical involvement. Braddon shows three stages of the protagonist’s history: 1) her youth filled with books; 2) her unhappy marriage (the wife does not love the husband but the seducer); 3) after her husband’s and lover’s deaths the protagonist receives a large amount of money and begins to perform important social roles. This is how Braddon criticises the educational system of Victorian England and depicts a model which is a form of pedagogy preparing people for practical life.

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Bowaryzm jako samotność. „Miłość” Hanne Ørstavik, czyli opowieść o norweskiej pani Bovary końca XX wieku

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Sibińska M.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2018

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vol. 49

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issue 3

283-297

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This article starts out with a brief survey of literary history, showing the introduction of Bovarism in 19th century Norwegian literary circles. Using Amalie Skram’s novel Constance Ring as an example, the author of the article argues that the first phase of Bovarism in Norway appears as a voice in the feminist debate from that period. However, the major emphasis of the article is a reading of Hanne Ørstavik’s Love, one of the most important Norwegian novels of the 1990’s, whose protagonist is frequently characterized by Scandinavian literary scholars as a modern Madame Bovary. The article describes the Bovary-like qualities of the protagonist, while emphasizing her self-centeredness and her narcissism, which result in her loneliness.

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„Przebudzenie” Kate Chopin, czyli „amerykańska Bovary”(?)

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Michalski P.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2018

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vol. 49

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issue 3

239-254

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This article deals with the question of the so-called Bovarism in The Awakening, the famous novel written by Kate Chopin. When it was first published in 1899, it was universally condemned for its alleged obscenity, just like its French predecessor. It is true, however, that unlike Flaubert’s book, The Awakening did not find itself in the dock, faced with charges of immorality, but the hostile reviews condemned the novel to many decades of obscurity. In this article, I try to return to the question of parallels between the two novels, which can be seen on many levels. Some similarities concern both male and female characters, while others are to do with specific narrative decisions and solutions. The most conspicuous example of the latter is the suicidal death of both heroines.

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„Pociągający” urok odległego świata – wybrane motywy w powieściach „Córka pastora” i „Żona pastora” fińskiego prozaika Juhaniego Aho

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Mrozewicz B.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2018

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vol. 49

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issue 3

179-196

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This article shows the issues of the place and the social role of the women in Finland of on the basis of the two Finnish classical, realistic 19th century novels: Pastor’s daughter and Pastor’s wife. Juhani Aho joins the discussion through his literary output. Being a pastor’s son, he chooses the characters for his deep analysis from his social group. In the latter one, Aho is referring to psychological trend emerging in Finland. The plot of both novels is set in the group of Finnish intelligence that, on the one hand, is represented by pastors from the small village parishes and, on the other hand, by the theology student from Helsinki. His stay in pastor’s house in the country and his unconventional behaviour can ruin the social order, which used to be accepted as the norm. The author focuses on the figure of a woman – the daughter, who is the eponymous character, and afterwards on the pastor’s wife, who is restricted by etiquette, feels the deep sorrow of her existence and attempts to compensate for her life in the pastor’s house by building her deeply hidden inner world. This world of idealized romantic dreams and unfulfilled desire to live in spiritually richer dimension causes –due to the reality around her –her permanent state of depression and frustration –in both emotional and social aspects. She is unable to change anything in her life, though the fate in the form of a student seems to offer her the chance.

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Z dziejów bowaryzmu we Francji

Bowaryzm – nuda – melancholia. Uwagi o bohaterach XIX-wiecznej literatury rosyjskiej

Angielska Bovary. O „The Doctor’s Wife” Mary E. Braddon

Bowaryzm jako samotność. „Miłość” Hanne Ørstavik, czyli opowieść o norweskiej pani Bovary końca XX wieku

„Przebudzenie” Kate Chopin, czyli „amerykańska Bovary”(?)

„Pociągający” urok odległego świata – wybrane motywy w powieściach „Córka pastora” i „Żona pastora” fińskiego prozaika Juhaniego Aho