The Functions of the Female and Male Characters in the Epic Structure of Short Proses by Ján Čajak

Abstract

The author of the paper focuses on the dynamism of the female and male characters in short proses by Ján Čajak in order to reveal the use of gender relations in the epic line of syuzhet in terms of semantics and composition. The subsequent comparison of the gender aspect in proses by Martin Kukučín helps her address the issue of artistic criteria when classifying the writer in the context of Slovak literature.

Keywords

• prose
• gender
• epic line
• composition
• syuzhet
• female and male characters