Konfiguracija ženskog identiteta u narativima bošnjačkih autorica (kontekstualni pristup djelu Nafije Sarajlić i Bisere Alikadić)
Configuration of Female Identity in Narratives of Bosniak Female Authors (Contextual Approach to the Work of Nafija Sarajlić and Bisera Alikadić)

Author(s): Vildana Pečenković
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, Bosnian Literature
Published by: BZK "Preporod" Brčko distrikt Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: identity; woman; Nafija Sarajlić; Bisera Alikadić;
Summary/Abstract: Narratives of Bosniak female authors from the early twentieth century evidently contain a prominent theme of the construction of modern identity, which is in line with changes encouraged by the Europeanization of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Extratextual circumstances influenced significantly the formation of the world of fiction, which is again created with the intention of transforming readers’ world view. In this context, the narratives of Bosniak female authors – primarily of Nafija Sarajlić, the first female prose writer, and Bisera Alikadić, the first female novelist in Bosniak literary practice – are particularly interesting. The paper analyzes the strategies of confirming one’s own identity that are taken by the protagonists in the world of fiction, as well as the authors’ strategies in their positioning in the earlier patriarchal, man-centered system.

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