TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE FEMALE MODEL IN THE CULTURE OF MODERNITY (LITERATURE IMAGE OF MATURE WOMAN IN THE POST PATRIARCHAL WORLD)

Abstract

We will discuss the presence and functions of character types, the appearance of which under the same name – Anna – is not as we claim coincidental. The presentation will focus on the name of Anna through the mythological meanings this name carries mainly in mythologies (Ancient Greek, Roman, Germanic-Scandinavian, Anglo-Saxon and Christian as well), tracing its functions and logical manifestations in a range of Western European literary works in the year 1953/54 through the novels „Under the net” by Iris Murdoch, „Bonjour tristesse” by Francoise Sagan, “Don Juan, or the love of geometry” by Max Frisch.