Literary autobiography and subject formation : a comparative study of mona Enamouri’s a chat upon thames and Elif Shafak’s black milk
Other Title(s)
السيرة الذاتية الأدبية و صياغة النفس : دراسة مقارنة ما بين ثرثرة فوق نهر التايمز لمنى النمورى و حليب أسود لاليف شفق
Author
al-Akhdar, Ghadah Muhammad Ali Hasan
Source
[Wadi El-Nile Journal for Human, Social and Educational Studies and Research]
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 25، ج. 3 (31 Jan. 2020), pp.1-30, 30 p.
Publisher
Cairo University Faculty of Arts-Khartoum Branch
Publication Date
2020-01-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
30
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The two novels, Mona Enamouri’s A Chat Upon Thames (2014) and Elif Shafak’s Black Milk (2007), are autobiographical writings that depict the process of self-representation revealing a postmodern feminist interest in subject formation.
Enamouri, on one hand, reflects on the self between places and voices revealing a construction of awareness and self-definition in reaction to external experiences.
Shafak, on the other, interweaves a number of questions on female body and identity within the contextual struggle of patriarchical society and intrinsic emotional-personality struggles.
Pregnancy and post-partum depression are discussed in line with questions of what it means to have a family, construct a book and determine self-worth.
Negotiating a range of feminist thematic preoccupations with voice, spaces, and body the two novels unravel the critical function of feminist autobiographies in constructing the self from “discordant” voices through a dynamic process of self-representation through creation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Akhdar, Ghadah Muhammad Ali Hasan. 2020. Literary autobiography and subject formation : a comparative study of mona Enamouri’s a chat upon thames and Elif Shafak’s black milk. [Wadi El-Nile Journal for Human, Social and Educational Studies and Research]،Vol. 2020, no. 25، ج. 3, pp.1-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1000464
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Akhdar, Ghadah Muhammad Ali Hasan. Literary autobiography and subject formation : a comparative study of mona Enamouri’s a chat upon thames and Elif Shafak’s black milk. [Wadi El-Nile Journal for Human, Social and Educational Studies and Research] No. 25, ج. 3 (2020), pp.1-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1000464
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Akhdar, Ghadah Muhammad Ali Hasan. Literary autobiography and subject formation : a comparative study of mona Enamouri’s a chat upon thames and Elif Shafak’s black milk. [Wadi El-Nile Journal for Human, Social and Educational Studies and Research]. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 25، ج. 3, pp.1-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1000464
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
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Record ID
BIM-1000464