Female literary characters in the narrative prose of Milena Mohorič

Namen diplomskega dela je bil predstaviti življenje in delo slovenske pisateljice Milene Mohorič, analizirati ženske literarne like v pisateljičini pripovedni prozi in opisati, kakšne družbene vloge opravljajo. V diplomskem delu smo uporabili deskriptivno, komparativno in zgodovinsko metodo, metodo analize in sinteze ter metodo generalizacije in specializacije. Analiza je pokazala, da se v pripovedni prozi Milene Mohorič pojavljajo naslednji ženski literarni liki: dekleta, matere, zakonske žene, ljubice, učiteljice, umetnice, služkinje, interniranke, ženske v partizanski bolnišnici in emancipiranke. Ti literarni liki odražajo realni družbeni položaj in vlogo slovenskih žensk v javni in zasebni sferi v tridesetih in štiridestih letih 20. stoletja.The purpose of this diploma paper was to introduce the life and work of the Slovenian writer Milena Mohorič, to analyze female literary characters in the writer\u27s narrative prose and to describe their social roles. In this diploma paper we used the descriptive, comparative and historical methods, the method of analysis and synthesis and the method of generalization and specialization. The analysis showed the following female literary characters appearing in the writer\u27s narrative: young women, mothers, wives, mistresses, teachers, female artists, maids, internees, women in partisan hospitals and emancipationists. These literary characters reflect the reality of the social state of affairs and the role of Slovenian women in the public and private sphere in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century