Original scientific paper
Traditional and non-traditional female roles in Karel Čapek's Krakatit
Ana Željeznjak
; Karlovac
Suzana Kos
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb
Abstract
In the article Karel Čapek's utopian novel Krakatit is analysed from the point of feminist and gender literary criticism. Female characters are observed in their compliance and non-compliance with traditional gender roles and their influence on the development and resolution of the plot. Taking into account the plethora of their individual characteristics, the analysis reveals the potential subversion of female stereotypes and assumption of an active role in the novel dominated by the central male hero.
Keywords
feminism; gender; patriarchy; tradition; stereotypes
Hrčak ID:
201777
URI
Publication date:
19.6.2018.
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