Autobiografia Literatura Kultura Media


ISSN: 2353-8694    eISSN: 2719-4361    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/au.2025.2.25-09
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Issue archive / nr 2 (25) 2025
Na tropach Wery, czyli literackie poprzedniczki bohaterki Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby Studium kobiecości i seksualności bohaterek Zyty Rudzkiej z odniesieniem do autotematycznych komentarzy autorki
(In Search of Wera: Femininity and Sexuality in Female Characters.., with Reference to the Author’s Self-Reflexive Remarks)

Authors: Gabriela Jeżak ORCID
Uniwersytet Szczeciński
Keywords: Zyta Rudzka Polish prose femininity sexuality body somatopoetics
Whole issue publication date:2025
Page range:17 (121-137)
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Abstract

This article examines the evolving representations of femininity and sexuality in three novels by Zyta Rudzka – Pałac Cezarów (1997), Dziewczyny Bonda (2004), and Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby (2022) – with particular focus on the continuity of gendered themes and the symbolic consolidation of these elements in the character of Wera. Drawing on feminist criticism and somatopoetics, the study investigates how Rudzka's female protagonists assert agency through embodied experience, transgressive language, and subversion of normative gender roles. The recurring motif of scissors is interpreted as a material and symbolic extension of power and self-definition, shaping both character identity and narrative structure. The article also addresses the intertextual web within Rudzka’s fiction and explores the significance of her metanarrative statements in constructing a literary universe rooted in female autonomy, affect, and resistance.
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