Reviving the Myth. The wild women archetype in the works of amrican women writers
Abstract
Rozprawa podejmuje zagadnienie archetypu dzikiej kobiety w twórczości pisarek amerykańskich XIX i XX wieku. Praca opiera się na pojęciu archetypu i obrazów archetypowych zdefiniowanych przez C.G. Junga, a pojęcie "archetypu dzikiej kobiety" czerpie z monografii Clarissy Pinkoli Estes zatytułowanej Women who run with the wolves. Myths and stories of the wild women archetype. Praca skupia się na przedstaieniach postaci kobiecych w prozie amerykańskich pisarek i bada, w jaki sposób są one realizacją archetypu dzikiej kobiety. Wykorzystuje do tego zaprezentowany przez Estes sposób interpretacji tego archetypu przez pryzmat baśni i legend, ich schematów strukturalnych oraz treści tematycznej wraz z zawartym w nich przesłaniem. Praca bada podobieństwa między przedstawieniami wybranych postaci kobiecych a baśniami wykorzystującymi archetypowe obrazy dzikiej kobiecości przytoczonymi przez Estes, takimi jak baśń o Sinobrodym, Mądra Wasylisa, Brzydkie kaczątko, Czerwone trzewiki, La Llorona oraz Dziewczynka z zapałkami. Przedmiotem analizy w rozprawie doktorskiej stały się wybrane powieści i opowiadania następujących pisarek amerykańskich: Elizabeth Stoddard, Kate Chopin, Charlote Perkins Gilman, Willi Cather, Zor Neale Hurston, Sylvii Plath, Joyce Carol Oates, Marilynne Robinson, Toni Morrison i Sandry Cisneros. Praca ma na celu przegląd twórczości pisarek amerykańskich prezentujących różne epoki i nurty literackie, m.in. romantyzm, regionalizm, realizm, modernizm, Harlem Renaissance, jak literaturę współczesną, w tym afroamerykańską i literaturę Chicano.
The dissertation explores the wild woman archetype in the works of American women writes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is based on the concept of archetype and archetypal images as defined by C.G. Jung. The concept of the "wild woman archetype" is derived from Clarissa Pinkola Estes's work entitled Women who run with the wolves. Myths and stories of the wild woman archetype. The dissertation focuses on depictions of female characters in American fiction and studies the ways in which women writers implement the wild woman archetype. Using Estes's method of interpreting the archetype through the prism of fairy tales and legends, their structural patterns as well as themes and message they contain, the dissertation explores the similarities between the depictions of selected female characters and the fairy tales which employ archetypal images of wild feminity. The fairy tales include the tale of Bluebeard, Wasilisa the Wise, The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, La Llrona, and The Little Match Girl. The dissertation offers analyses of selected novels and short stories by the following American writers: Elizabeth Stoddard, Kate Chopin, Charlote Perkins Gilman, Willi Cather, Zor Neale Hurston, Sylvii Plath, Joyce Carol Oates, Marilynne Robinson, Toni Morrison, and Sandra Cisneros. Thus, the thesis can be seen as presenting an overview of the works of American women writers representing various literary periods and trends, including Romanticism, Regionalism, Realism, Modernism, Harlem renaissance as well as contemporary literature, including African American and Chicano literature.
The dissertation explores the wild woman archetype in the works of American women writes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is based on the concept of archetype and archetypal images as defined by C.G. Jung. The concept of the "wild woman archetype" is derived from Clarissa Pinkola Estes's work entitled Women who run with the wolves. Myths and stories of the wild woman archetype. The dissertation focuses on depictions of female characters in American fiction and studies the ways in which women writers implement the wild woman archetype. Using Estes's method of interpreting the archetype through the prism of fairy tales and legends, their structural patterns as well as themes and message they contain, the dissertation explores the similarities between the depictions of selected female characters and the fairy tales which employ archetypal images of wild feminity. The fairy tales include the tale of Bluebeard, Wasilisa the Wise, The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, La Llrona, and The Little Match Girl. The dissertation offers analyses of selected novels and short stories by the following American writers: Elizabeth Stoddard, Kate Chopin, Charlote Perkins Gilman, Willi Cather, Zor Neale Hurston, Sylvii Plath, Joyce Carol Oates, Marilynne Robinson, Toni Morrison, and Sandra Cisneros. Thus, the thesis can be seen as presenting an overview of the works of American women writers representing various literary periods and trends, including Romanticism, Regionalism, Realism, Modernism, Harlem renaissance as well as contemporary literature, including African American and Chicano literature.
Description
Wydział Nauk Humanistycznych, Instytut Literaturoznawstwa; promotor rozprawy doktorskiej: dr hab. Zofia Kolbuszewska, prof. UWr
Keywords
archetyp, dzika kobieta, literatura amerykańska, postacie kobiece, baśnie, archetype, wild women, American literature, female characters, fairy tales
