Original research article
Acta Albaruthenica

Translation of feminitives in the novel by Tadeusz Dolenga-Mostovich PROKURATOR ALICJA HORN through the prism of gender stereotypes

2020, Issue 20

Vieranika Bandarovich

0000-0002-1985-1759

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DOI

10.32612/uw.18988091.2020.20.pp.159–168

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open access

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CC BY-NC 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

Discipline

literary studies, linguistics

Language of publication

Belarusian

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Abstract

One of the main themes of the novel Prokurator Alicja Horn by Tadeusz Dolenga-Mostowicz is the woman’s place in the Polish society of the 1930s, her rights and opportunities. The introduction of the image of a woman prosecutor is ground-breaking. In the novel, the author calls his protagonist either prokurator or prokuratorka, reflecting the linguistic tendency of the time towards the formation of feminitives alongside masculine forms. Is this inconsistency intentional or accidental? Many questions arose during the translation of feminitives in the novel. Whereas in Belarusian the feminitive пракурорка sounds acceptable, in the Russian translation there are problems. Such is the case in relation to modern society (Belarusian-speaking and Russian-speaking) to feminitives. and it is far from unambiguous.

Keywords:

feminitiv,woman prosecutor,translation,inconsistency,modern society

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