THE FEMALE CHARACTERS AND FEMALE IDENTITY IN THE MARIJA JURIĆ ZAGORKA\u27S NOVEL "KAMEN NA CESTI"

Marija Jurić Zagorka često je u svojim romanima prikazivala ženske likove koji propituju temeljne postavke i ograničenja svog identiteta (a posebno rodnog identiteta). Roman "Kamen na cesti," koji je predmetom analize u ovome radu, također na primjeru glavnog ženskog lika otvara nove perspektive u razmatranju kategorija subjekta, identiteta, spola, roda, opreke žensko/muško. Pomoću temeljnih postavki psihoanalitičke i feminističke teorije o razvoju identiteta (a pogotovo kada je riječ o ženskom identitetu u okvirima heteroseksualne matrice) ovaj rad nastoji prikazati kako se u spomenutom romanu konstruira i reprezentira ženski rod i identitet u okvirima društvenog i kulturnog sistema koji ženu svodi na granice privatnog, dok su prostori javnog, društvenog djelovanja rezervirani isključivo za muškarce.In her novels Marija Jurić Zagorka often portrayed female characters who questioned the basic principles and limitations of their identity (of their gender identity in particular). For example, the novel Kamen na cesti, which is under review in this paper, through the main female character opens up new perspectives in analysis of the categories of subject, identity, sex, gender, and female/male antithesis. With the help of the basic tenets of psychoanalytical and feminist theories on the development of identity (in particular when it comes to the female identity within the framework of a heterosexual matrix), the paper attempts to show how the above-mentioned novel develops and represents the female gender and identity in the context of the social and cultural system that reduces the woman to the limits of the private, while the spheres of public, social action are reserved exclusively for men