There are few female dramatists in Slovene literary history, but they have strongly marked drama since 2000. This paper focuses on certain works which are new from a thematic point of view and connected with (female) gender or female characters: the theme of suicide, (surrogate) motherhood, illness, the role of women in the community and society's expectations of women, young women growing up, lesbian themes and female eroticism. Conclusions are drawn using the examples of two plays by female dramatists: Simona Semenič's Pepelka (Cinderella) and Varja Hrvatin's Kako sem postal lisičje krzno (How I Became Fox Fur), both of which include fairy tale motifs and, with regard to theory of development of literary reading, are suitable starting points for reading, conversation and different types of staging in primary or secondary school.
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