Act accordingly as a true Croatian: heroines of Jagoda Truhelka and Marija Juric Zagorka novels reflecting on societal norms
2020
Abstract
The presentation reflects the impact of societal norms and gender politics on heroines' behaviour models in two renowned female authors Jagoda Truhelka and Marija Jurić Zagorka in the modernist period of Croatian literature. These authors' works were both celebrated and questioned by contemporary critique authorities.
It further develops on the hardship of female authorship and the Balkans patriarchal norms that limit artistic work possibilities both of the authors' and heroines' abilities-namely life of privation where struggles for recognition and societal expectations and religious bias are a constant presence.