WOMEN AS THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD LITERATURE: COMPARATIVE PARALLELS BETWEEN “THE LOST HONOUR OF KATHARINA BLUM” AND “A MOONLIT NIGHT”
WOMEN AS THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD LITERATURE: COMPARATIVE PARALLELS BETWEEN “THE LOST HONOUR OF KATHARINA BLUM” AND “A MOONLIT NIGHT”

Summary/Abstract: A lot of authors come to us in the history of the world literature, whose works have placed women as their main characters. Without pretending to do typology of such works, how could I not remember Shehrazad of Arab tales 1001 nights, Safo of sensitive lyrics of Lesbosit Emma Bovary of Gustave Flaubert, Ana Karenina of L. N. Tolstoy, Nana of Emile Zola, Geishas of Jasunari Kawabata and up to those who, although they were not the main characters, they turned into symbols as Penelope of Homer's Odyssey, Desdemona, Lady Macbeth and Juliet of W. Shakespeare. If you follow even further towards the genesis of female character - a woman, according to the biblical theme, appears in the form of Eve - Hava, out of the rib of Adam - the innocent "fault" of the loss of Eden. This "curse" accompanies him everywhere through ages, countries, nations, races and religions. In a sociological sense, the female character even becomes an emanation of a social order, of the matriarchy period, and in that aspect no longer feels inferior to its status in the history of mankind. Different non-governmental organizations and organizations for the protection of women's rights and freedoms or gender equality, whether legally recognized by the legal mechanisms of individual states, or whether within the framework of the UN, supported by International Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms, are just a correctional effort of the chauvinist male tendencies and of the political oligarchy of corruption in various parts of the world.

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