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dc.contributor.author | Stuchlik-Surowiak, Beata | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-25T16:44:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-25T16:44:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-83-8012-749-4 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/7984 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The book outlines the life and work of Bartosz Paprocki, a heraldist and poet of the
turn of the sixteenth century. The writer is well-known in the Czech Republic, where
his writings have regularly been reprinted and where his life and work have been
discussed in many scholarly articles. In Poland until recently he has received very little
attention as a rather mediocre author, who cannot be compared to such prominent
figures as Rej or Kochanowski. However, in recent years the interest in Paprocki’s
work appears to have been growing, its focus being mostly on his heraldic texts, such
as Herby rycerstwa polskiego (Coats of arms of Polish knighthood).
The focus of this work is Paprocki’s occasional writings, in particular his poems
on the subject of marriage and male-female relationships, such as Dziesięcioro przykazanie
mężowo, Próba cnót dobrych, Nauka rozmaitych filozofów około obierania żony
and Nauka i przestrogi na różne przypadki ludzkie. So far, in the scholarly tradition
they have been interpreted as “antifeminist”, with their author frequently described
as “the enemy of women.” This opinion is based on the fact that all these poems
contain the motif of cruelty towards the wife. Indeed some of them are organised as
collections of recipes and tips how to punish and beat a bad wife.
While classifying these works as didactic writings, scholars have attempted to
demonstrate that Paprocki’s declared animosity towards women originated in his own
marriage troubles — he was married to Jadwiga Kossobudzka, a rich widow older
than himself, who turned out to be dominating and quarrelsome, which purportedly
made him flee from home.
The present book departs sharply from this interpretation of his poems and aims
to show that most of the “antifeminist” motifs derive not from the author’s personal
experience but from humorous writings by “picaros” and members of the so called Babin Republic. This type of literature contains many motifs which are similar to
those used by Paprocki, that is beating and battering the wife by the husband; they
are, however, to be read as jocular rather than didactic and moralising pieces.
This view is confirmed by the differences between various editions of Paprocki’s
writings, which have so far been ignored. It has long been known that his marriage
theme pieces were published many times during the 16th and 17th centuries. However,
it is only after a thorough analysis of these editions carried out by the author
of this volume that it became evident that the texts actually substantially differ. An
analysis of the earliest editions shows that Paprocki often interspersed them with
tips which were to help the reader to realise that the text was in fact a literary joke.
Thus, the only plausible context for the interpretation of “antifeminist” motifs in
Paprocki’s writings is Old Polish humorous literature. The motivation for this type
of literary activity undertaken by the respectable author of Herby rycerstwa polskiego
must be sought in his ceaseless pursuit of wealth, which was indeed his obsession, as
he himself admitted many times in his various works. The marriage theme seemed
particularly well suited for that purpose, in particular its humorous variations, which
were very remote from the customs and norms of his time. This made his poems
much sought after and widely-read, bringing their author a comfortable income. | pl_PL |
dc.language.iso | pl | pl_PL |
dc.publisher | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | pl_PL |
dc.rights | Uznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/ | * |
dc.subject | Bartłomiej Paprocki | pl_PL |
dc.subject | literatura polska | pl_PL |
dc.subject | małżeństwo w literaturze | pl_PL |
dc.title | Obraz małżeństwa w "antyfeministycznych" utworach Bartosza Paprockiego na tle obyczajowych, religijnych oraz literackich zjawisk XVI i pierwszej połowy XVII wieku | pl_PL |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/book | pl_PL |
Pojawia się w kolekcji: | Książki/rozdziały (W.Hum.)
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