The last stand. On male homosocial relations in "A dreambook for our time" by Tadeusz Konwicki Cover Image

Ostatni bastion. O męskich relacjach homospołecznych w "Senniku współczesnym" Tadeusza Konwickiego
The last stand. On male homosocial relations in "A dreambook for our time" by Tadeusz Konwicki

Author(s): Aleksandra Stybor
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
Keywords: gender studies; identity; trauma; masculinity; Konwicki;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an interpretation of A dreambook for our time by Tadeusz Konwicki in the context of cultural studies of masculine identity. Referring to the research conducted by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, the author proves that ostentatious manifesting heterosexuality by the protagonists of Konwicki’s novel is the result of inability to define their identity within the masculine paradigm based on the soldier ethos.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 189-198
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish