Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Rok wydania: 2020
Liczba stron: 13 (25-37)
Słowa kluczowe: oświecenie, literatura XVIII wieku, obywatelka, patriotyzm, kobiety, Józef Wybicki, "Samnitka", "Matka Spartanka", opera
Autor: Sara Anna Kusz (Uniwersytet Jagielloński)


Abstrakt

The article presents the interpretation of the Józef Wybicki’s opera “Samnitka" (“The Samnite") (1787), which may be considered as a voice in the debate initiated and extremely lively at the end of the 18th century on the involvement of Polish women in active participation in the national community. One of the many patterns of behavior proposed to women at the time as a way to join the struggle for their homeland, was the model of a citizen-lover who rewards patriots with love and rejects and despises traitors. Such an attitude is presented, for example, by Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin’s Leucyppa from “Matka Spartanka" (“Spartan mother") (1786). In this context, “Samnitka" seems to be an insightful and critical analysis of the pattern described above, undertaken only at the beginning of its popularization. It shows the ethical ambivalence of this pattern and undermines the effectiveness of this type of procedure.

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