FEMINIST STYLISTICS IN AHDAF SOUEIF’S AISHA

Authors : Rana AASADİ

Pages : 1091-1103

Doi:10.18069/firatsbed.1260193

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Publication Date : 2023-09-26

Article Type : Research Paper

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.
Keywords : feminist üslup, cinsiyetçilik, Ayşe, Ahdaf Soueif, cinsiyet rolleri