Lik njegovateljice u romanu Engleski pacijent i u filmu Sve o mojoj majci: komparativna analiza
The Figure of the Female Caretaker in the novel The English Patient and the film All About My Mother: A comparative analysis

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the narrative figure of the female caretaker represented in the novel The English Patient written by Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje, and in the film All About My Mother by Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar. The article attempts to show in which manner the character of the female caretaker influences the entire narrative structure of the novel and film, and how the character is portrayed. The article starts with the introductory theoretical part in which the ethics of care will be further discussed as a field of study vital to the understanding of the concept of the female caretaker. The central part of the article focuses on the analysis of female characters in both of the aforementioned narratives. The goal of the analysis is to show the significance of the female caretaker figure within postmodernist works, where stereotypical and traditionalist depictions usually serve as the opposite of what can be perceived in the selected narratives.

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