This thesis examines two authors from different eras and contexts, Zofka Kveder (1878–1926) and Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986). Using a comparative analysis method, the study explores the status of women as presented in Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex and in the literary and journalistic works of Zofka Kveder. The primary objective is to identify and address the points of convergence and divergence in their approaches to this subject matter. The first section provides an in-depth analysis of both authors, culminating in a synthesis that highlights shared themes, such as economic independence, the free embrace of motherhood and corporeality, the critique of double standards in social morality, and the conceptualization of marriage as a space for free love. The authors diverge, however, on the issue of so-called »biological determinism«; unlike Simone de Beauvoir, Zofka Kveder views the roles of wife and mother as an innate female essence – a perspective that reflects the vastly different historical and cultural contexts in which they lived.
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