Karolina Pospiszil-Hofmańska
Przekładaniec, Issue 49 – Mikrojęzyki , 2024, pp. 31-51
https://doi.org/10.4467/16891864PC.24.011.21242Karolina Pospiszil-Hofmańska
Wielogłos, Issue 4 (58) 2023, 2023, pp. 1-25
https://doi.org/10.4467/2084395XWI.23.026.18861The purpose of this article is to present selected women’s narratives from the agricultural periphery of Upper Silesia – the Hlučín region. The author focuses on the works of Eva Tvrdá and Anna Malchárková, their self-positioning, the way they tell their stories, and the common elements in their narratives about the indigenous women. Local women had faced multifaceted discrimination throughout the 20th century – partly based on ethnicity and faith, partly based on gender. Raised in a patriarchal culture, they were subjected to its patterns and replicated them. Still, their position vis-à-vis men was ambivalent – they were able to take over their responsibilities, and they also wanted to decide about their reproductive work. Significant for the protagonists of the analyzed texts is their bond with the land, rediscovered by their female descendants. The granddaughters, however, partially change the patterns their grandmothers and mothers developed, breaking the circle of silence and quiet acceptance of their own fate.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7622-5394
Karolina Pospiszil-Hofmańska – dr, adiunktka w Instytucie Literaturoznawstwa na Uniwersytecie Śląskim w Katowicach, badaczka literatur mniejszościowych i regionalnych. Zajmuje się współczesną literaturą górnośląską. Publikowała m.in. w „Bohemistyce”, „Postscriptum Polonistycznym”, „Przekładach Literatur Słowiańskich” czy „World Literature Studies”. W 2024 roku była członkinią Rady Języka Śląska. Tłumaczka czeskojęzycznej literatury dotyczącej Górnego Śląska, m.in. Evy Tvrdej, Anny Malcharkovej czy Kamili Hladkiej, jak również korespondencji Aliny Szapocznikow czy prozy poetyckiej Jaromíra Typlta.