THE WORLD OF MEN IN THE PROSE OF MICHAŁ BAŁUCKI

This article is devoted to the images of men in Michał Bałucki’s prose. In nineteenth-century tradition, women and were assigned specific social roles strongly rooted historical, biological religious conditions. Male constructed opposition female roles, for which space home, church family was reserved. prose, mainly perceived as breadwinners, creative, self-confident people who should not show weakness. several works, writer breaks this stereotype. Interestingly, characters feel pressure passage time, they struggle with visible signs old age. The clinging conventions rules characteristic petty bourgeoisie prose turns out be extremely illusory, because model culture closed what known repetitive, it does inspire individual searches becomes a source numerous fears obsessions do fit into traditional normative pattern.