Review article
Three Concepts of Being a Woman In Nikola Lopičić’s Stories
Dušanka Popović
; Faculty of Philology, University of Montenegro
Dragan Bogojević
; Faculty of Philology, University of Montenegro
Abstract
Nikola Lopičić is an author of the social literature movement formed between the two world wars, in times of turbulent and complex changes in Montenegrin society. The movement arose from the creative need of authors to artistically record, disclose and critically present the social context of that time and how it influenced the life of a common man, most often that of a peasant or a farmer. In his prose, a woman is an important and indispensable factor participating in intriguing events and instigating family turmoil – whether as a mother, a wife, or a daughter. Traditionally placed in the background, but in reality active in the forefront of life, women in Lopičić's stories continue to bear the burden of inherited moral norms of a patriarchal society deeply rooted in the Montenegrin value system, and of the difficult struggle for bare survival on barren land. Therefore, we consider the introduction and construction of female characters in Lopičić's stories through three key concepts that emerged during the reading, which allow us to recognize the aforementioned influences and to form an idea of women’s role and place in post heroic Montenegrin society, overwhelmed by all sorts of economic and other turmoil: the concept of physical strength, the concept of pride and dignity, and the concept of sacrifice.
Keywords
social context; woman; strength; pride; dignity; sacrifice
Hrčak ID:
286010
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Publication date:
21.11.2022.
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