Naslov
Culture and Reverse Gender Stereotyping of Female Characters as Portrayed in Swedish Novel “Pippi Lpngstocking" and Croatian novel "Pigulica"

Autori
Riman, Kristina ; Knežević, Katarina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
VIII. International European Congress On Social Sciences / Mrnjaus, Kornelija - Rijeka : Sveučilište u Rijeci, 2022, 609-615

ISBN
978-625-6380-57-8

Skup
8th International European Congress On Social Sciences

Mjesto i datum
Rijeka, Croatia, 04.12.2022. - 05.12.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

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Ključne riječi
children's literature, girl characters, non-stereotypical characters, reverse gender stereotyping

Sažetak
In order to analyse examples of reverse gender stereotyping, two non-stereotypical girl characters are presented and compared in the paper, with particular reference to the historical and socio-cultural context and reception of selected novels in which girls are the main characters. The first example relates to the novel "Pippi Longstocking", in which Swedish author Astrid Lindgren described the girl character in the title of the novel. The main character and reception of this novel will be compared to the one in the novel "Pigulica", in which the Croatian author Anto Gardaš describes the heroine in the title. A comparative analysis of these girls indicates non-stereotypical characterizations of main female characters. In many ways, girls are similar in their unusual habits, attitudes and behaviours, and they do not fit the pattern of the established gender stereotypes. By their strangeness, they can be an incentive to think of girls as persons who are not constrained by the expectations of their environment. However, while Pippi Longstocking character became recognised as important part of European and international children's fantasy literature, Pigulica is an example of realistic writing characteristic of Croatian national literature, and it has not made a significant impact even within the national literature within which it was created. The popularity of Pippi Longstocking and the relative unpopularity of Pingulica, as well as differences in the reception of these books and heroins characterized by the reverse gender stereotyping, can be linked to socio-cultural differences of recipients in places where these novels were written, specifically with the liberal Swedish and traditional/conservative Croatian cultural pattern.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Književnost

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