Research Article

FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA

Volume: 33 Number: 3 September 26, 2023
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FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA

Abstract

Deconstructing meanings and their accepted interpretations are the primary goals of stylistics. Feminist stylistics is mainly based on feminist theories, which are particularly interested in patriarchal norms that marginalize and degrade women. This study examines the feminist discourse in Ahdaf Soueif’s short story collection Aisha, which is one of the significant works portraying Arab women in a patriarchal culture. Asian women's difficulties are covered in the feminist book Aisha. By putting gender issues at the center of the textual analysis, feminist stylistics exposes the untenable assumptions of traditional stylistics. This feminist approach highlights gender discourses in various texts, including linguistic and thematic disparities. In light of this, the study will explain feminist stylistics, provide a brief overview of Ahdaf Soueif's biography, and use a feminist stylistic approach to Soueif's stories. The author hopes to demonstrate how language's treatment of gender reflects patriarchal culture. In order to evaluate sexism and patriarchal issues in the stories and how point of view, agency, metaphor, or transitivity are tied explicitly to gender by separating women's writing habits from men's writing, this study will use feminist stylistics to analyse the stories at word/phrase, sentence, and discourse level.

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Thanks

Thanks to my Supervisor for her assistant to finish this work

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Stylistics and Textual Analysis

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 26, 2023

Submission Date

March 4, 2023

Acceptance Date

September 11, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 33 Number: 3

APA
Aasadi, R. (2023). FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, 33(3), 1091-1103. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.1260193
AMA
1.Aasadi R. FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2023;33(3):1091-1103. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.1260193
Chicago
Aasadi, Rana. 2023. “FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 33 (3): 1091-1103. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.1260193.
EndNote
Aasadi R (September 1, 2023) FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 33 3 1091–1103.
IEEE
[1]R. Aasadi, “FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA”, Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1091–1103, Sept. 2023, doi: 10.18069/firatsbed.1260193.
ISNAD
Aasadi, Rana. “FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences 33/3 (September 1, 2023): 1091-1103. https://doi.org/10.18069/firatsbed.1260193.
JAMA
1.Aasadi R. FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2023;33:1091–1103.
MLA
Aasadi, Rana. “FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA”. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 33, no. 3, Sept. 2023, pp. 1091-03, doi:10.18069/firatsbed.1260193.
Vancouver
1.Rana Aasadi. FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA. Firat University Journal of Social Sciences. 2023 Sep. 1;33(3):1091-103. doi:10.18069/firatsbed.1260193