An ecofeminist reading in fatema mernisi’s dreams of trespass : tales of al harem girlhood

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This paper deals with ecofemisim as it is presented in literature.

The term came out as a new wave for the feminist theory and developed to be a field of study and a critical point in literary analyses.

Fatema Mernisi is an Islamic feminist writer who represents her attitudes in her different writings and researches.

She studied political science abroad and then went back to her homeland to be a teacher in the University.

Her novel Dreams of Trespass: Tales of Al Harem Girldhood is one of her known works concerning her ideals.

It is a novel about colonized women in Morocco who are eager to get some freedom.

Within the gradual trace of her childhood, the narrator focuses on the importance of nature as part of women’s needs and their desire to have spiritual peace and enlightenment.The narrator is Fatema when she was nine years old.

The strong relationship between ecology and feminism dominates the whole story of Fatema’s childhood.

The quotes taken from the novel are used to clarify the idea and stimulate the reader’s interest in the project.

The first paragraphs introduce the movement and its definition to be followed by an examination for the novel.