A Game of Self-Creation,
or, a Pleasure of Wearing Masks
On the Heroine of Gaja Grzegorzewska’s Novel Cover Image
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Autokreacyjna roz(g)ryw(k)a, czyli przyjemność przywdziewania masek O bohaterce powieści Gai Grzegorzewskiej
A Game of Self-Creation, or, a Pleasure of Wearing Masks On the Heroine of Gaja Grzegorzewska’s Novel

Author(s): Martyna Okrajni
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: This article aims at showing the role of the mask in the works by Gaja Grzegorzewska. In constructing the non-standard character of a female detective Julia Dobrowolska, the author shows the non-revealing of the true self ad finem while assuming more and more newer roles not only as hiding one’s own identity behind the socially accepted behaviors, but, above all, as a way to “processˮ traumatic experiences and finally enjoy creating one’s own image and life.

  • Page Range: 143-166
  • Page Count: 24
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Language: Polish