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From Intimate to Public - Constitution and Metamorphosis of "Women's writing" in the Context of Croatian literature
Vasiljevičová, Dajana ; Otčenášek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Nedvědová, Milada (referee)
From Intimate to Public - Constitution and Metamorphosis of "Women's writing" in the Context of Croatian literature Author: Dajana Vasiljevićova The bachelor thesis deals with the "women's writing" in Croatia, its constitution and transformations from the 1980s to present times. The main aim of the thesis is to map out characteristic discourses within literature in the context of social aspects of the Western orientated feminist movement in socialist Yugoslavia. It focuses on the analysis of femininity, sensibility and sexuality which are in opposition to values of patriachal society. The main part of the thesis comprises the analyses of three selected texts written by Croatian authors, namely Silk, Scissors by IrenaVrkljan, Marble Skin by Slavenka Drakulić and Steffie in the Jaws of Life by Dubravka Ugrešić as role models for the typology of "women's writing". The transformations of the genre were are examined continuously from the late 1970s when the theoretic aspects of "women's writing" were modified for the Croatian milieu. The confrontation of feminine identity with the patriachal phallogocentric discourse is based on hunger for recognition as an equal in society. The problem of a specifically female identity is solved in the transition from private object to public subject. This thesis...

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