TEMATYKA KULINARNA W POLSKIEJ WSPÓŁCZESNEJ POPULARNEJ PROZIE KOBIECEJ
CULINARY MOTIFS IN POPULAR POLISH CONTEMPORARY
WOMEN’S FICTION
Author(s): Ewa SzczepkowskaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: popular woman’s fiction; culinary code; housewife; post-feminism; downshifting narratives; culinary metaphor; nourishment – spiritual equivalent
Summary/Abstract: This article concerns culinary motifs found in popular women’s fiction at the turnof the 20th and 21st centuries. Women’s fiction is either indifferent to culinary topicsor interested in them as a theme, metaphor or recipe. Culinary topics as the main themeappear in novels written by Kalicińska, Enerlich, and Ficner-Ogonowska. I. Sowa employsa culinary code as a metaphor for contemporary urban life style which is marked byconsumerism, excess of consumer goods and an intense rivalry. Kalicińska’s novel cycleis an example of downshifting narratives appreciated by some feminists as a way topromote ecology and a women’s community. Culinary novels authored by Enerlich andOgonowska do not popularize the culinary culture, but rather commercialize it.
Journal: Acta Neophilologica
- Issue Year: 1/2017
- Issue No: XIX
- Page Range: 269-281
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish