Gender Issues in Marija Jurić Zagorka's novels

U ovom završnom radu obrađena je tema rodne problematike u romanima Marije Jurić Zagorke. Osim što je Zagorka bila autorica prvog hrvatskog kriminalističkog romana (Kneginja iz Petrinjske ulice) bila je ujedno i prva hrvatska novinarka te prva domaća sufražetkinja. Također, autorica je nekih od najčitanijih hrvatskih romana i zauzima bitno mjesto u povijesti tog vremena. Cilj ovog rada bio je dobiti uvid u rodnu problematiku impregniranu u njezinim književnim djelima, transvestiju te problem progona vještica. Rad donosi i analizu autobiografskog romana Marije Jurić Zagorke, Kamen na cesti.In this final paper, the topic of gender problems in the novels of Marija Juric Zagorka was discussed. Apart from Zagorka being author of the first Croatian criminal novel (Kneginja iz Petrinjske ulice), she was also the first Croatian journalist and first domestic suffragist. He is also the author of some of the most read Croatian novels and takes an important place in the history of that time. The aim of this paper was to gain insight into the gender issue impregnated in her literary works, transvestism, and the problem of witch hunt. The paper also provides an analysis of the autobiographical novel by Marija Jurić Zagorka, Kamen na cesti