Women's Writing in the Novel Snopis by Jasmina Musabegović Cover Image

Žensko pismo u romanu Snopis Jasmine Musabegović
Women's Writing in the Novel Snopis by Jasmina Musabegović

Author(s): Rajla Kurtović
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Novel, Bosnian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Pedagoški fakultet Univerziteta u Bihaću
Keywords: woman’s writing; the representation of femininity; identity; family; the spaces of intimate and subconscious (dreams; desires; body);

Summary/Abstract: The path from authors to readers requires a gynocritical approachwhich inevitably focuses on women’s literature, women’s aesthetics and creativity, the problem of the representation, and themes, motifs and forms of female authors. This papar will show that the novel Snopis by Jasmina Musabegović is read in the context of woman’s writing. The closeness of woman and writing is evident in this novel as well as the writing about her own life and experiences, and presenting intimate moments. Whereby, the novel can also be understood as a confession. The author presents the question of character’s identity through body and physicality, and through the motif of sleep. Thus, the aim of this study is to show that sleep serves as the narrative representation of the female experience.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 4-5
  • Page Range: 29-36
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bosnian