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https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.15291/sponde.5162
“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović
Monika Jurkovac
orcid.org/0009-0000-4374-2344
; University of Zagreb, Croatia
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APA 6th Edition
Jurkovac, M. (2026). “We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović. SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, 5 (1), 63-80. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261
MLA 8th Edition
Jurkovac, Monika. "“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović." SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, vol. 5, no. 1, 2026, pp. 63-80. https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.
Chicago 17th Edition
Jurkovac, Monika. "“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović." SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts 5, no. 1 (2026): 63-80. https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261
Harvard
Jurkovac, M. (2026). '“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović', SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, 5(1), pp. 63-80. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261 (Accessed 22 August 2026)
Vancouver
Jurkovac M. “We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović. SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 August 22];5(1):63-80. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261
IEEE
M. Jurkovac, "“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović", SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, vol.5, no. 1, pp. 63-80, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261. [Accessed: 22 August 2026]
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APA 6th Edition
Jurkovac, M. (2026). “We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović. SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, 5 (1), 63-80. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261
MLA 8th Edition
Jurkovac, Monika. "“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović." SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, vol. 5, no. 1, 2026, pp. 63-80. https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.
Chicago 17th Edition
Jurkovac, Monika. "“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović." SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts 5, no. 1 (2026): 63-80. https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261
Harvard
Jurkovac, M. (2026). '“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović', SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, 5(1), pp. 63-80. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261 (Accessed 22 August 2026)
Vancouver
Jurkovac M. “We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović. SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts [Internet]. 2026 [cited 2026 August 22];5(1):63-80. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261
IEEE
M. Jurkovac, "“We are the women, the heart of our home”: the construction of female identity in the novel Pero i Pava (1940) by Paula von Preradović", SPONDE: Časopis za jezike, književnosti i kulture između dviju obala Jadrana / Rivista di lingue, letterature e culture tra le due sponde dell’Adriatico / A Journal of Languages, Literatures and Cultures between the two Adriatic coasts, vol.5, no. 1, pp. 63-80, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261. [Accessed: 22 August 2026]
Abstract
The development of feminist literary criticism over the past decades has enabled more systematic research into women’s prose authorship and the problematization of its marginalization in literary historiography and the literary canon. Despite these advances, numerous women writers and their works continue to be insufficiently examined within the framework of literary-historical research. In this context, the paper focuses on the novel Pero i Pava (Pave und Pero, 1940) written by the Austrian-Croatian writer Paula von Preradović, granddaughter of the poet Petar Preradović. The novel is based on the correspondence between Petar Preradović (Pero) and his first wife, Paolina de Ponte (Pave), and it portrays the emotional and private life of Pero and Pava, female identity, female social position, existing social differences, and so on. A key part of the paper will examine the analysis and construction of female identity in the novel (the portrayal of the woman’s inner world, marriage, motherhood, and love), with an emphasis on the position of women in both private and public spheres within the context of social and cultural norms.
Keywords
Paula von Preradović; Pero i Pava; female identity; female social position; interwar literature
Hrčak ID:
349261
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/349261
Publication date:
14.7.2026.
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