Shadow Feminism in Elfriede Jelinek’s “Lust” (Comparative reading and analysis of Mikheil Javakhishvili’s “Jaqo’s Dispossessed”)

Abstract

The main goal of the research topic is to show how and in what form, in the process of teaching literature and reading literary texts, in the context of modern theoretical models developed within adjacent disciplines and adapted to literature, the interpretative reading of key episodes and female characters can be carried out against the background of comparative analysis. Before we begin to discuss the texts and analyze the noteworthy episodes in terms of the characters, ideological load, connotation, or contexts related to them, we consider it necessary to thoroughly consider the key biographical factors of the authors. This thorough consideration is crucial as it significantly influences the process of forming their personalities, creative thinking, and consequently, their works. The scientific article also provides a brief overview of the sharpest and contradictory assessments of the works discussed in the article by critics and a discussion of the theoretical framework. We adapt this framework to the texts and analyze it in the context of specific episodes, attempting to interpret the female characters. In our discussion of the female characters of the works selected within the framework of our research topic, we will analyze the aspects of feminist theory.