Chłopki by Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak – persuasion in the service of emancipation

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse and interpret Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak’s Chłopki in terms of two issues – the relationship of this text to feminist discourse and the persuasive mechanisms used by the author. This reflection is accompanied by a consideration of what image of women emerges from the book, whether it can be seen as aiming to create a uniform, simplified image or rather to capture the diversity of its heroines. In considering the book, there will also be an attempt to answer the question of to whom responsibility for the injustices experienced by women is attributed. The analysis undertaken makes it possible to consider persuasion as a means of highlighting the emancipatory idea behind the account of history contained in the book. The article’s area of interest will also include the question of the specificity of the historical account in terms of the borderline genres represented by the book analysed in the text.