This article reviews two major debates in post-1989 Polish literary criticism, one about the
bruLion generation and the other one about women’s literature. The rhetoric of intergenerational conflict between metaphorical fathers ('classics') and sons ('barbarians') that was extended in the early and mid-nineties by writers and critics to the new, self-conscious women's (daughters') writing made that rebellion against tradition appear problematic and futile. The polemic fervour with which the literary establishment sought to discredit the new writing is best illustrated by their use of the denigrating term 'menstrual literature'. Following Izabela Filipiak's essay 'Monstrous Literature', as well as other significant landmarks of women's writing, the article analyzes the complex relations between gender, the literary canon, tradition and rebellion.
keywords in Polish:
literatura kobieca, kanon, tradycja, polska krytyka literacka po 1989 r.
keywords in English:
women’s writing, canon, tradition, Polish literary criticism after 1989
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne - Bez utworów zależnych 3.0