Ureczky, EszterBacsa, Etelka2013-12-102013-12-102013-122013-12-10http://hdl.handle.net/2437/177536I examine the different appearances of ‘leaving home’ in women’s lives, where leaving home means not only a home, or a family, but any bonding where she feels comfortable and which affects a woman’s past, present or future. Secondly, I show some examples of mothering as a failure, where women for some reason cannot fit perfectly the role of a mother. I write about their problems, their failures, and the expedient which they find in order to get out of their outstanding situation.30enShort storywomen writersThe Representation of Motherhood and Female Gender Roles in Selected Short Stories by Contemporary Women WritersdiplomamunkaDEENK Témalista::Irodalomtudomány::Összehasonlító irodalomtudományip