Feminist discourse in contemporary Arab Women’s Literature : Ahlam Mosteghanemi and Ahdaf Soueif
Other Title(s)
الخطاب النسوي في أدب المرأة العربية المعاصرة : أحلام مستغانمي و أهداف سويف أنموذجا
Author
Source
Le Journal Al Turath-al Turath Journal
Issue
Vol. 9, Issue 32 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.302-311, 10 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In their respective novels Chaos of the Senses (2015) and In the Eye of the Sun (1992), Ahlam Mosteghanemi and Ahdaf Soueif create female protagonists who might experience themselves as victims of cultural androcentric institutions upheld in the Arab society, but they revolt against them and establish self-fulfilling identities.
Drawing upon the feminist theories of Germaine Greer and Betty Friedan, I would like to argue that both novelists air their interests by unleashing their heroines’ womanhood and intellectual agency within their phallocentric oppressive societies which cast them as subservient silent creatures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khayr al-Din, Amal. 2019. Feminist discourse in contemporary Arab Women’s Literature : Ahlam Mosteghanemi and Ahdaf Soueif. Le Journal Al Turath-al Turath Journal،Vol. 9, no. 32, pp.302-311.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-946944
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khayr al-Din, Amal. Feminist discourse in contemporary Arab Women’s Literature : Ahlam Mosteghanemi and Ahdaf Soueif. Le Journal Al Turath-al Turath Journal Vol. 9, no. 32 (Dec. 2019), pp.302-311.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-946944
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khayr al-Din, Amal. Feminist discourse in contemporary Arab Women’s Literature : Ahlam Mosteghanemi and Ahdaf Soueif. Le Journal Al Turath-al Turath Journal. 2019. Vol. 9, no. 32, pp.302-311.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-946944
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 310-311
Record ID
BIM-946944