ЖЕНЕ У РОМАНИМА "ЗОНА ЗАМФИРОВА" СТЕВАНА СРЕМЦА И "ВЕЧИТИ МЛАДОЖЕЊА" ЈАКОВА ИГЊАТОВИЋА
WOMEN IN NOVELS "ZONA ZAMFIROVA" BY STEVAN SREMAC AND "VEČITI MLADOŽENJA" BY JAKOV IGNJATOVIĆ

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with female characters and their position in two repre- sentative novels of the 19th century using feminist critique and comparative study. It stems from the hypothesis that the position of women must be different in these two novels, since Zona Zamfirova was written in the far south and Večiti mladoženja in the far north of the Serbian territory, under different cultural influences, two decades apart when it comes to their publication, which is mostly confirmed in the paper. The impact of traditional culture and literature on the construction of female characters is examined. Female characters are related to other women of the period of Realism. The conclusion is that female characters are dominantely valued on the basis of physical appearance, diligence, as well as presence of shame and obedience to men through whom women’s identity and function are determined. We also analyzed how much these patriarchal patterns are still present today.

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