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Female Identity and Aspects of Space
Female Identity and Aspects of Space
Irena Skrbin
The aim of this final paper is to compare the relation between space and female identity on the example of three novels from English literary history: Daneil Defoe’s Moll Flanders (1722), Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway (1925), and Orlando (1928). In the first example we have male presentation of a female protagonist in the context of the 18th century urban environment while in the other two examples the percpetion of the issue is feminine: in her Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf also uses London...
Female Protagonists Across the Centuries: Moll Flanders, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Sarah Miles
Female Protagonists Across the Centuries: Moll Flanders, Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Sarah Miles
Laura Melvan
The paper sets out to analyse female protagonists and representations of female sexuality in the British novels written in different historical periods: Daniel Defoe’s Moll Flanders (18th century), Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles (19th century), and Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair (20th century). The paper explores the status of real women and their sexuality across a three-century span, as well as the reactions of readers and publishers. However, the main focus of the...
Female Sexuality in the Selected Novels of Edna O'Brien, Emma Donoghue and Emer Martin
Female Sexuality in the Selected Novels of Edna O'Brien, Emma Donoghue and Emer Martin
Andrea Jerković
This diploma paper sets out to explore representations of female sexuality in The Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O’Brien, Hood by Emma Donoghue and Emer Martin’s More Bread or I’ll Appear. The gradual development of subversiveness and obscenity is rather evident in the representation of the heroines who constantly provoke and dispute Irish and Catholic moral values. Female characters both in the sixties and in the nineties demonstrate that Irish female identity cannot be defined by the...
Feminine Gender Stereotyping in Disney`s Animated Films
Feminine Gender Stereotyping in Disney`s Animated Films
Sara Vukša
The modern world is leaning more and more towards the equality of rights between men and women, taking the emphasis off the traditional gender roles, however, gender stereotyping is still present in mass media and therefore hampers the achievement of gender equality. In order to shed a light on this issue, this bachelor thesis deals with the representations of women and gender stereotypes aimed towards women in the media, especially in animated films released by The Walt Disney Studios. On...
Femininity and Masculinity in TV Series Modern Family
Femininity and Masculinity in TV Series Modern Family
Martina Matijević
In this paper the differences between femininity and masculinity which appear in popular TV series Modern Family were analyzed. Over the last few years the representation of femininity and masculinity has been modified and improved, however some stereotypes about what women and men should do still lingers. It can be said that in Modern Family differences between femininity and masculinity are not strictly determined. The goal of this paper was to analyze how Modern Family uses typical...
Feminism in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
Feminism in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
Zrinka Matković
This thesis deals with feminist aspects in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Testaments. As an introduction in the topic the first part of the thesis provides general information about Margaret Atwood, the acclaimed Canadian writer. Among other things, her novels were defined as feminist, therefore the following chapter focuses on the concept of feminism and its explanation. The development of feminism through history, the introduction of four waves feminism, is discussed. The brief description...
Feminism, Sexuality and Gender Roles in the Scream Movies
Feminism, Sexuality and Gender Roles in the Scream Movies
Magdalena Zmajić
The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of sexuality, gender roles, and feminism in the context of the Scream movies. Through numerous examples, it was highlighted how male characters are often portrayed as subordinate to female characters. The topic of sexuality encompasses various categories, including homosexuality and the Oedipus complex, while also challenging the prevailing prejudices about female sexuality as deserving punishment. Furthermore, it was explained how the theme of...
Feministička kritika nacionalizma: O odnosu feminističkih i nacionalnih identiteta
Feministička kritika nacionalizma: O odnosu feminističkih i nacionalnih identiteta
Kristina Čačić
Ovaj rad daje obrise teorijskih razmatranja nacije i nacionalizma u kontekstu konstruiranja nacionalnih kao kolektivnih identiteta. Naglasak je na feminističkim interpretacijama nacije kao muške konstrukcije kao rodnu dopunu razumijevanja nacionalizma i njegove uloge u emancipaciji žena u nacijama-državama. Kroz koncepte nacionaliziranog roda i orodnjene nacije ukazuje se na esencijalistička uporišta nacionalističkih interpretacija tradicije na razini države, civilnog društva i...
Feminističke misli u stvaralaštvu Jagode Truhelke
Feminističke misli u stvaralaštvu Jagode Truhelke
Josipa Blažinović
Rad govori o Jagodi Truhelki, začetnici hrvatskog ženskog pisma, autentičnoj dječjoj književnici, neiskvarenog katoličkog svjetonazora, moralnih načela i iskrenog hrvatskog domoljublja. Podijeljen je u tri glavna dijela. U prvom dijelu opisuje se Truhelkino školovanje, istaknute su i osobe od posebnog utjecaja na njezin učiteljski rad. Sažeto se iznosi sav opus, stvaralaštvo, te smjernice kojima se najčešće vodila u svojim djelima. Isto tako prikazan je kritički osvrt na...
Feministički aktivizam u Hrvatskoj
Feministički aktivizam u Hrvatskoj
Marija Jerončić
Namjera rada je pridonijeti boljem uvidu u temu feminističkog aktivizma u Hrvatskoj. U fokusu istraživanja bile su sljedeće osnovne teme: (samo)identifikacija feministkinja kroz feminizam i njihov feministički angažman, ključna pitanja koja potražuju feministički angažman, feminističko djelovanje i međugeneracijski dijalog, prijepori i razlike. U tu je svrhu provedeno kvalitativno istraživanje, a metodom polustrukturiranog intervjua ispitano je pet sugovornica sa feminističke...
Feminizacija impresionizma
Feminizacija impresionizma
Ivana Roso
Feminizacija impresionizma vrlo je zanimljiv fenomen koji se pojavljuje u umjetnosti 19. stoljeća, a vezuje se uz kritičko poimanje žene kao ljudskog bića i njenih podcijenjenih sposobnosti. Prvi dio rada daje podroban uvid u stilske odrednice impresionističkog pokreta i njegovih pripadnica. Nadalje se nastoji razjasniti poimanje uloge žene u društvu toga vremena koje je zasnovano na znanstvenim istraživanjima, koja su upravo u 19. stoljeću doživjela svoj procvat. Naravno, nisu sva...
Feminizam u djelima Marije Jurić Zagorke
Feminizam u djelima Marije Jurić Zagorke
Ivana Orešković Bugarija
Feminizam je pokret koji okuplja ţene u borbi za ravnopravnost s muškarcima u svim segmentima ţivota. Najveće zasluge za razvoj feminizma u Hrvatskoj zasigurno pripadaju Mariji Jurić Zagorki. Ovaj rad donosi pregled njezina novinarskog, knjiţevnog i društvenog angaţmana koji je ponajprije usmjeren na promicanje prava ţena i podizanje svijesti o vaţnosti emancipacije. Primarni je cilj ovog rada istraţiti elemente feminizma u njezinim djelima. U prvom dijelu rada saţeti su povijest...

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