“…a pretty girl is easily forgiven for her lack of reason” - female characters in the Pan Samochodzik series Cover Image

"...ładnej dziewczynie łatwo się wybacza brak rozsądku" - postaci kobiece w serii o Panu Samochodziku
“…a pretty girl is easily forgiven for her lack of reason” - female characters in the Pan Samochodzik series

Author(s): Krystyna Zabawa
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Social history, Polish Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Nienacki; Pan Samochodzik; female characters; fashion; gender roles;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is an analysis of female characters who appear in the series of novels about Pan Samochodzik (Mr. Automobile) by Zbigniew Nienacki as well as the interpretation of the narrator’s perception of women in the context of fashion and social trends in the 1960s and 1970s in Poland. The author pays attention to gender roles that are attributed to both sexes, but especially to female roles. The analyses are focused, in turn, on the perception of a woman through senses (the descriptions of a body, clothes, hairstyles), the special role of girls, the “female” space, and, finally, the issue of gender equality

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 313-330
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish