Joanna Kot
Research Interests
- Polish gender studies
- Polish and Russian modernist drama
Publications
Books
- Complicating the Female Subject: Gender, National Myths, and Genre in Polish Women’s Inter-war Drama. Academic Studies Press, 2016.
- Distance Manipulation: The Russian Modernist Search for a New Drama. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1999.
Articles
- “Nostalgia for the ‘Estate’ Myth: Images of Masculinity in Adam Grzymała-Siedlecki’s The Heir,” The Polish Review, 67, 2 (2022): 33-49.
- “Nieuznanie i żałoba – droga do przemiany. Wokół paru dramatów dwudziestolecia międzywojennego” in Przemiany dyskursu emancypacyjnego kobiet, ed. Jarosław Ławski and Anna Janicka, Barbara Olech, vol. II (Białystok: Wydawnictwo Alter Studio, 2017): 545-555.
- “Wokół rodziny w dramacie kobiecym lat trzydziestych” in Polonistyka wobec wyzwań współczesności, ed. Stanisław Gajda and Irena Jokiel, vol. 1 (Opole: University of Opole Press, 2015): 528-537.
- “‘Non-recognition’ and ‘Mourning’: A Means of Change in a Few Polish Inter-War Dramas,” Polish Review, 59, 1 (2014): 53-67.
Education
- Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Polish and Russian literature
- M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook, comparative literature
- B.A., The University of Chicago, Polish and Russian language and literature
Contact
Joanna Kot
Professor
Watson Hall 312
jkot@niu.edu
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