| dc.description.abstract | The article concentrates on the scholar’s image in two works – Radiation:
The Story of Maria Skłodowska Curie by Kazimierz Braun, Blanche and
Marie created by Per Olav Enquist.
The first part of the article is an analysis of Braun’s drama, which portrays
the Nobel prizewinner along both scientific and personal grounds,
later to show carefully selected turnabouts in her life. Thanks to Radiation
we are able to analyse the process of shaping this genius chemist’s mind
and personality, not to mention her industriousness, patriotism and stubborn
pursuit of objectives. Braun uses a holistic approach to presenting
Marie’s life, he not only concentrates on her tremendous work and contribution
to science, but also on her relationship with her daughters after her
husband’s death.
The second drama, Blanche and Marie, shows only a brief extract from
the scholar’s personal life. It tells the story of Marie’s love affair with Paul
Langevin through conversations between Marie and her acquaintance
Blanche Wittman. This creation reveals the private life of the outstanding
Polish scientist, her suffering caused by ostracism from French society,
and also her determination and courage to fight for the right to express
her own feelings. Olav Enquist’s work skips the scientific nature of Marie’s
psyche entirely, to portray her as an independent woman who fights the
patriarchal gender roles deeply rooted in society. | en_EN |
