Open AccessO micie uroczej Italii i przystojnego Włocha w najnowszych polskich powieściach romansowych
Author(s) -
Ewelina Pytel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annales universitatis paedagogicae cracoviensis. studia historicolitteraria/annales academiae paedagogicae cracoviensis. studia historicolitteraria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2081-1853
pISSN - 1644-1885
DOI - 10.24917/20811853.17.19
Subject(s) - romance , phenomenon , mythology , stereotype (uml) , representation (politics) , order (exchange) , space (punctuation) , history , literature , art , humanities , philosophy , linguistics , psychology , political science , law , epistemology , social psychology , politics , finance , economics
The myth of lovely Italy and handsome Italian men in the contemporary Polish romance novelsAbstractThe article aims at explaining the phenomenon of mass interest in Italy as a setting forcontemporary Polish romance novels. In order to understand said phenomenon, the authoranalyzes three romance novels published within the last decade. The article is divided intothree parts corresponding to aspects of the analyzed phenomenon: representation of thespace of Italy, representations of the Italian men and descriptions of changes occurring infemale characters due to their stay in Italy. The analysis, conducted with the use of Barthes’concept of myth, results in detailed description of elements of Italian myth and conceptsrelated to it.Keywords: Italy, stereotype, myth, space, romance