Representation of Women in the Peopleʹs Liberation Struggle in Historical Records and Socialist Realism Novels

Tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata žene su aktivno sudjelovale u Narodnooslobodilačkoj borbi kao članice partizanskih jedinica ili radom u pozadini. Završetkom rata novonastala je socijalistička država vjerno slijedila sovjetske uzore na svim poljima, stoga ni književnost nije bila iznimka. Socijalistički realizam uskoro postaje državni književno-umjetnički pravac, a NOB je zbog svoje presudne uloge u formiranju SFRJ bio najčešća tema. Budući da je socijalistički realizam bio pod snažnim utjecajem partijske politike i propagande, cilj je diplomskog rada ustanoviti kako su žene prikazane u socrealističkim romanima, reprezentativnom žanru pravca, a kakva je bila njihova stvarna povijesna uloga i položaj u Narodnooslobodilačkoj borbi.During World War II women actively participated in the Peopleʹs Liberation Struggle as members of partisan units or by working in the background. At the end of the war, the newly formed socialist state precisely followed Soviet role models in all fields, so literature was no exception. Socialist realism soon became the state literary and artistic direction and the National Liberation War was the most common topic due to its crucial role in the formation of the SFRY. Since socialist realism was strongly influenced by party politics and propaganda, the aim of the thesis is to establish how women are portrayed in social realism novels, a representative genre of direction, and what was their real historical role and position in the People's Liberation Struggle