Feminism and Fairy Tales: Comparison Between Grimm\u27s and Laura Gonzenbach\u27s Work.

Feministična literarna teorija je raznoliko področje znotraj literarne teorije, ki ga je nemogoče strniti v statično definicijo. Glavna podlaga te teorije je dejstvo, na katero je pokazalo splošno feministično gibanje, in sicer da je ženskost kategorija, definirana znotraj posameznih struktur, v času in prostoru. Znotraj feministične literarne teorije je mogoče izluščiti dve izstopajoči področji, to sta: analiziranje ženskih likov in izpostavljanje ženskih avtoric. Preko teh dveh področij se feministična literarna teorija povezuje tudi s feministično teorijo pravljic. Glavne ugotovitve na področju ženskih junakinj gredo v smeri, da so pravljične junakinje vedno lepe in pasivne, glavni cilj njihovega življenja je poroka. Kar se tiče ženskih glasov znotraj pravljice kot žanra, pa se je razvilo prepričanje, da ženske avtorice vnašajo subverzivnost v žanr. Glavno raziskovalno vprašanje pričujočega magistrskega dela se torej glasi: ali velja, da ženske drugače pišejo kot moški, in ali drži dejstvo, da ženske kot avtorice vnašajo v svoje pravljice subverzivnost. Da bi prišla do odgovora, sem prevzela metodo komparativizma, in sicer sem primerjala sem delo bratov Grimm in delo Laure Gonzenbach. Analiza je potekala ob skupnem motivu živalskega ženina in je pokazala, da na podlagi obravnavnih primerov ne moremo trditi, da ženske res pišejo drugače, ker so ženske, ampak da vpliva na pisanje več med seboj prepletenih dejavnikov, med katere zagotovo sodita okolje in čas, v katerem se avtor nahaja.Feminist literary theory is a very diverse field within literary theory itself, which is impossible to summarize in a static definition. The main basis of this theory is the fact, pointed out by the general feminist movement, that femininity is a category defined within particular structures, in time and space. Within feminist literary theory, however, two distinct areas can be identified, namely the analysis of female characters and the highlighting of female authors. Through these two fields, feminist literary theory also connects with feminist fairy tale theory. The main findings in the field of female heroines are that fairy tale heroines are always beautiful and passive, and that the main goal of their lives is marriage. As for women\u27s voices within the fairy tale as a genre, the belief has developed that women authors bring subversiveness to the genre. Therefore the main research question of this master\u27s thesis goes: is it true that women write differently than men, and that women as authors bring subversiveness to their tales? To get to the answer, I adopted the comparative method, comparing the work of the Brothers Grimm and Laura Gonzenbach. The analysis was carried out with the common motif of the animal groom and showed that, on the basis of the cases examined, it cannot be said that women really write differently just because they are women, but that several interrelated factors influence a given piece of writing, including the environment and the time in which the author is located