In the centre od this paper is a display of quotational methods with whom are constructed literary identities of female characters in a period of the second half of 20th century and the beginning of 21st century. The analysis has been made on works of Slavenka Drakulić and Irena Vrkljan where specifically were chosen novels Mileva Einstein, teorija tuge (2016) and Marina ili o biografiji (1986). The first chapter of this paper defines terms such as character, type and nature since antiquity all the way to modern times based on manuals of literary theory. The second chapter displays the construct of space, identity and typology of characters that have been respresented from 19th century untill nowadays. The section about quotation has classified intersemiotical, transsemiotical and marked quotes that are exampled later in the paper. Also, two types of quotations are differed in which are accentuated illustrative and illuminative quotation. Following is the literary-historical location of novels and their authors into the context of postmodernism and its markings, just as the elements of a feminine writing. Central part of the paper consists of individual analysis of identities through constructs of a spousal identity, exilatory space, discourse of a good mother and documentaristic fractions. Finally, the ending of the paper concludes which tiypes of quotes and quotations have the authors been using to construct the identities of their female protagonists and what are they like in the end.