Development of Russian female crime fiction and appearance of Kamenskaya in A. Marinina's novels

Cilj ovog diplomskog rada bio je dati prikaz razvoja ženske kriminalističke fikcije u Rusiji, te na primjerima dvaju romana, Stečenie obstojatel'stv (1992) i Igra na čužom pole, (1993) Aleksandre Marinine – najpopularnije ruske spisateljice u navedenom žarnu – ukazati na promjene u načinu na koje rusko društvo ranog postsovjetskog perioda oblikuje ženske identitete. Društveni je položaj žena od davnina bio krojen i ograničavan patrijarhalnim društvenim strukturama pa tako i u Rusiji. Analiza je pokazala da junakinja Marinine, Anastasija (Nastja) Kamenskaja, uspješno opovrgava neke od rodnih stereotipova vezanih za žene. Marinina tako svojim romanima utječe na način kako se poimaju i portretiraju žene u današnjem ruskom društvu. Prvi dio rada odnosi se na zabavnu književnost te postavlja pitanje zašto se smatra da krimići pripadaju „književnosti eskapizma“. Nakon toga slijede poglavlja posvećena razvoju kriminalističkog romana u Rusiji i razvoju ženskog kriminalističkog romana. Posljednji dio ovog diplomskog rada govori o Kamenskoj, glavnoj junakinji Marinininih romana, koja radi u pretežito „muškom svijetu“ i stoga nam pruža priliku za analizu prikazivanja ženskih identiteta u navedenom okružju.The aim of this thesis was to present the development of female detective fiction in Russia, and on the examples of two novels, „Stechenie obstoyatel'stv” (1992) and “Igra na chuzhom pole” (1993)., by Alexandra Marinina - the most popular writer of the abovementioned genre - indicate changes in how Russian society in the early post-Soviet period shapes women's identities. The social status of women since ancient times has been tailored and limited by patriarchal social structures, including in Russia. The analysis showed that Marina's heroine, Anastasia (Nastya) Kamenskaya, successfully refuted some of the gender stereotypes associated with women. Marinina thus, with her novels, influences the way women are depicted and represented in today's Russian society. The first part of the thesis is referred to entertaining literature and why it is considered that detective novels belong to the “Literature of escapism”. The following chapters are dedicated to development of crime fiction in Russia and development of female detective fiction. The last part of this thesis is about the main heroine of Marinina's novels - Kamenskaya, which works in the predominantly "male world" and therefore gives us the opportunity to analyse the presentation of female identities in the given environment