The Fate of Women in Four Contemporary Iranian Novels: The Bildungsroman as an Analytical Framework
Bildungsroman is an often-used genre in female Iranian writers’ novels. This article will bring short, comparative analyses of four such novels with a point of departure in defining the genre. The four novels are Simin Dānešvar’s Savušun, Šahrnuš Pārsipur’s Sag va zemestān-e boland, Zoyā Pirzād’s Če...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Oriente moderno
Year: 2024, Volume: 104, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 134-149 |
| Further subjects: | B
Modern Persian literature
B Bildungsroman B Women’s role in Iranian society B Genre B Female authors |
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| Summary: | Bildungsroman is an often-used genre in female Iranian writers’ novels. This article will bring short, comparative analyses of four such novels with a point of departure in defining the genre. The four novels are Simin Dānešvar’s Savušun, Šahrnuš Pārsipur’s Sag va zemestān-e boland, Zoyā Pirzād’s Čerāġhā-rā man ḫāmuš mikonam, and Parinuš Ṣaniʿi’s Sahm-e man. The article attempts to show that the four novels have at least one theme and a central confrontational scene in common and that they all draw a bleak picture of the possibility of an emerging liberation of women in Iranian society. |
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| ISSN: | 2213-8617 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Oriente moderno
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22138617-12340335 |
