Some Remarks on Erotic Provocation, Male Subject and Polish Tradition on the Example of Manuela Gretkowska’s Novel 'Kabaret metafizyczny' Cover Image

Kilka uwag na temat prowokacji erotycznej, męskiego podmiotu i polskiej tradycji na przykładzie powieści 'Kabaret metafizyczny' Manueli Gretkowskiej
Some Remarks on Erotic Provocation, Male Subject and Polish Tradition on the Example of Manuela Gretkowska’s Novel 'Kabaret metafizyczny'

Author(s): Pau Freixa Terradas
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Manuela Gretkowska; Gender Studies; Contemporary Polish Literature.

Summary/Abstract: In her novel Kabaret metafizyczny [‘Metaphysical Cabaret’] the author attempts to give the turn to this situation with an irreverent and very fun subversion in the literary use of the parts of the body and the resources of the eroticism from a more feminine vision. But Gretkowska moves far beyond the boundaries of erotic literature and uses her feminine erotism to provoke and to play, while finally constructing a novel of philosophical accents and a criticism to the contemporary society. Nevertheless, Gretkowska knows very well her radical provocation and criticism have an amplified effect in the still so mostly Catholic Polish culture.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 146-152
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish