Theme of war in contemporary Croatian women's literature

Razvojem feminizma razvijao se i položaj žene u društvu. U 19. i 20. stoljeću žene dobivaju veće ovlasti u okviru društvenih i kulturnih područja. Feministička kritika 20. stoljeća doprinijela je razvoju ženskog pisma, sukladno tome i afirmaciji ženskih autorica. Posljednje desetljeće 20. stoljeća obilježeno je ratom, nasiljem i emigracijama. U tom razdoblju nastala je ratna proza koja sadrži korpus tekstova nastalih u razdoblju od 1991. godine do 1998. godine ali obuhvaća i tekstove koji su nastajali kasnije, a inspirirani su ratom i ratnim događanjima. U središnjem dijelu rada posvetila sam se interpretaciji dvaju dijela: Kao da me nema (Slavenka Drakulić) i Muzej bezuvjetne predaje (Dubravka Ugrešić). Slavenka Drakulić i Dubravka Ugrešić su književnice koje se i dalje aktivno bave stvaralačkim radom. Cilj je analize bio prikazati karakter i temeljna obilježja hrvatske ženske ratne proze te istaknuti frekventna tematska mjesta koje se pojavljuju u oba romana. U Muzeju bezuvjetne predaje izražen je mučenički kompleks koji se javlja kao osjećaja izolacije i nepripadanja, dok u romanu Kao da me nema vidimo borbeni stav glavne protagonistice kojoj je cilj osvajanje prostora pod svaku cijenu. Ženska ratna proza u hrvatskoj književnosti nije u tolikoj mjeri istraženo i obrađeno područje, no usprkos tome iznimno je bogata u svojoj naraciji te zanimljiva čitateljskoj publici.With growth of the feminism, position of women has started to change in a society. In 19th and 20th century women are recieveing larger powers in within the framework of social and cultural development. The 20th century feminist criticism has contributed to the evolution of a female writing, and affirmation of female authors. Last decade of 20th century was marked with war, violence and emigrations. In that time was born war literature which consists of corps made from 1991 to 1995. It also includes writings made later, but inspired with war. The central part of this work is dedicated to interpretation of two acts: As if I'm not here (Slavenka Drakulić) and The Museum of unconditional surrednder ( Dubravka Ugrešić). They are both still active in writing. The pourpose of analysis was show character and fundamental featuresm of croatian women's war literature and also signalize frequent thematic sites that appears in both novels. In The Museum of unconditional surrednder is expressed torture complex which occurs a feeling of isolation and disregard, while in the novel As if I'm not here we see the fighting stance of the main protagonist whose pourpose is to conquer the space at any price. Women's war prose in Croatian literature is not so much explored and treated area, but nevertheless is extremely rich in it's narrative and interesting to the reader