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Literackie wizerunki chłopców i mężczyzn w prozie historycznej Antoniny Domańskiej. Między tradycją a nowatorstwem

2019

When depicting boys and men, Antonina Domańska is well aware of the recipients and their needs. Her fictional characters are often teenage boys who find themselves in the middle of the action. Their adventures are building blocks of the plot and encourage the recipients to read on. The author focuses on the child’s naturę in the first place, and the principles come afterwards. Domańska depicts progressive, at the time, relations between adults and children. The characters include commoners who are presented as role models (e.g. Wawrzuś), or people who improve themselves every day and are always ready to help others. Collective characters (such as pageboys) are instigators of pranks and othe…