Unit:
Department of Primary EducationLibrary of the School of Education
Dissertation committee:
Βίκυ Πάτσιου, Επιβλέπουσα, Καθηγήτρια Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Γεωργία Καλογήρου, Μέλος, Καθηγήτρια Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Μαρίτα Παπαρούση, Μέλος, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. του Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλίας
Δημοσθένης Δασκαλάκης, Μέλος, Καθηγητής Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Χαράλαμπος Μπαμπούνης, Μέλος, Καθηγητής Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Ρέα Κακάμπουρα, Μέλος, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Μαίρη Δημάκη – Ζώρα, Μέλος, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Π.Τ.Δ.Ε. του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών
Original Title:
Οι γυναικείοι χαρακτήρες στη μυθοπλασία της Μαργαρίτας Καραπάνου
Translated title:
The female characters in Margarita Karapanou's fiction
Summary:
The present paper attempts to study the female characters that compose the novels of Margarita Karapanou Kassandra and the Wolf, Yes, Mum. Firstly, a detailed presentation of the author's life is made. The social and political conditions under which she began her writing career are then mentioned. At the same time, works of novelists of the same literary generation are examined. This is followed by the presentation of the whole of Karapanou’s prose work through reviews by foreign and Greeks researchers. A comparative study is being carried out between works by foreign novelists and the novels of Margarita Karapanou. The three theoretical models focusing on the study of literary characters are following and a framework of criteria on the basis of which female characters are classified into specific categories is also composed. The theoretical models applied and which highlight the function of female persons in the under consideration novels by Margarita Karapanou are those of R. Higbie, whose theoretical background underlying the psychological element and the denial of desire, Β. Hochman that emphasizes the inseparable relationship of the hero's formation with literary style, expression, and narratology and finally of D. Galef that focuses on the minor persons and highlights the key role they play in highlighting the central female characters. Apart from examining each novel separately, it is also realized a comparative presentation of fictional female characters based on the time of writing, in order to be emphasized the historical element and highlight the evolutionary elements that may distinguish their feminine identity.
Main subject category:
Language – Literature
Keywords:
Margarita Karapanou,female characters, unresolved character, conscious character,sublimation,desire.
Number of references:
285
