Bakalárska práca predstavuje životopis a tvorbu Zhang Ailing a zaraďuje ju do literárneho kontextu prvej polovice dvadsiateho storočia. Práca sa primárne zameriava na ženské postavy v poviedkovej tvorbe modernej čínskej spisovateľky Zhang Ailing. Práca sa pomocou analýzy zbierky poviedok Touha, opatrnost snaží ukázať, že spisovateľka ako jedna z prvých použila v Čínskej republike fenomén ženskej prózy, kedy nazerala na svet očami svojich ženských postáv. Práca taktiež dokazuje, že autorka sa zameriava na psychológiu ženských hrdiniek a reflektuje ich sociálne postavenie a problémy v búrlivých časoch po rozpade cisárstva a nastolení republiky.The main aim of this bachelor thesis was to introduce life of modern female writer Zhang Ailing and focus a special attention to female heroines as well as autobiographic features in her short stories. In the first chapter we managed to prove that writings of hers are influenced by relationship with her father and her mother that probably was the model of Zhang Ailing, as we see the same type of women in her stories. The second chapter had shown the tradition of the May Fourth Era, Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies literature and New Perceptionists in her works. The third chapter of the thesis targets on the specific short stories of Zhang Ailing and their female characters. As we analyzed those writings we have found out, that although the female heroines are quite modern, they are still trapped in some Chinese traditions and they are no able to escape. In this bachelor thesis we managed to meet our set up goals, as well as we proved the influence of Zhang Ailing to nowadays Chinese female writers.