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Absolutna amnezja Izabeli Filipiak jako powieść lesbijska
Izabela Filipiak’s Absolutna amnezja as an Example of Lesbian Literature

Author(s): Edyta Janiak
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Izabela Filipiak; Absolutna amnezja; lesbian literature; feminism; criticism

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the reception of Izabela Filipiak’s Absolutna amnezja [Absolute Amnesia]in Polish literary criticism. The author focuses on the motif of female homosexuality incorporatedin the text and outlines the findings of other researchers on this subject. She also explains why thisnovel may be regarded as an example of lesbian literature and discusses the importance of sucha lecture strategy in a broader cultural context.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 197-206
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish