Typologie ženských postav ve vybraných románech Nikose Kazantzakise

The present study deals with female characters in selected novels of the renowned Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis in Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation, Christ Recrucified and God's Pauper: St. Francis of Assisi. The study is based upon a typological analysis of the books' major female characters. Individual chapters are devoted to Kazantzakis's female literary archetypes: woman-seductress, woman-mother and woman-virgin. Two other important female characters, Madame Hortense and Sister Clara, who cannot be classified in any of the above-mentioned categories, are also an essential part of this study. The various female literary types and characters are compared to isolate common features and points of difference. Characteristics of the female characters hold in common are summarized in the final section.