Analysis of the representation of gender culture in the novels of Iranian women writers over three decades

Autor: Ghazal Karimi sangdehi, reza sattari, seyed ghasem hasani
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: زن در فرهنگ و هنر, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 291-318 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2538-3108
2538-3116
DOI: 10.22059/jwica.2021.320505.1559
Popis: Literature is one of the most important tools for understanding the culture and type of thinking of any society, and among all literary genres, the novel has the most connection with society and real life. Female writers have also chosen the novel to write about various aspects of their lives and genders from the beginning. This article examines issues related to women in the novels of Iranian women writers in the 70's, 80's and 90's with the method of content analysis and reveals the impact of social and cultural developments of each decade on the content of novels. For this reason, two novels have been selected from each decade, and the results of studies show that social and cultural developments have a great impact on the views of women writers inpaying attention to the characters and female themes of novels And the evolution of the content of the novels is in line with the evolution of society and is affected by it. In the novels of the seventies, male domination and violence are more prominent, and women do not have much power and status. The female characters of the novels of the eighties also have almost the same conditions as in the previous decade, and the discussion of identification in this decade is very important. But womenin nineties novels, have achieved independence and freedom of action. They are active in society, and have different concerns and demands.
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