Tematika gastarbeiterů a národních stereotypů v tvorbě Natalky Sňadanko
Themes of guest workers and national stereotypes in Natalka Sňdanko's work

Author(s): Lenka Heinigová
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Ukrainian Literature, Sociology of Culture, Theory of Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Natalka Sniadanko’s literary work; Ukrainian women’s literature; A Collection of Passions and Misadventures of a Young Ukrainian Lady; Frau Müller Will Not Pay More; national stereotypes;
Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on themes, such as illegal Ukrainian workers or different national stereotypes, in literary production of a contemporary Ukrainian writer Natalka Sniadanko. For this work were chosen two of her novels—the debut A Collection of Passions and Misadventures of a Young Ukrainian Lady (2001) and Frau Müller Will Not Pay More (2013). In her fiction Sniadanko tends to reflect life experience of Ukrainian women who have left their homeland in search of a better life and future. The author also shows different national mentality, issues of women’s emancipation and Eastern European guest workers, so called “gastarbeiters”. The aim of the paper is to prove, based on theme analysis, Sniadanko’s literary work is not just so-called “chick lit”, but it also stands a chance as a product of highbrow literature.

• Details
• Contents