Review article
THE FEMALE CHARACTERS AND FEMALE IDENTITY IN THE MARIJA JURIĆ ZAGORKA'S NOVEL "KAMEN NA CESTI"
Martina Perić
; Poslijediplomski doktorski studij, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
In her novels Marija Jurić Zagorka often portrayed female characters who questioned the basic principles and limitations of their identity (of their gender identity in particular). For example, the novel Kamen na cesti, which is under review in this paper, through the main female character opens up new perspectives in analysis of the categories of subject, identity, sex, gender, and female/male antithesis. With the help of the basic tenets of psychoanalytical and feminist theories on the development of identity (in particular when it comes to the female identity within the framework of a heterosexual matrix), the paper attempts to show how the above-mentioned novel develops and represents the female gender and identity in the context of the social and cultural system that reduces the woman to the limits of the private, while the spheres of public, social action are reserved exclusively for men.
Keywords
Marija Jurić Zagorka; Kamen na cesti; feminist theory; psychoanalytical theory; gender/sex, gender identity
Hrčak ID:
69969
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Publication date:
5.11.2010.
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