Gender Oppression and Women’s Emancipation in Both Alice Walker’s the Color purple (1982) and Miral Al-Tahawy’s Blue Aubergine (2002): A Comparative Study
| dc.contributor.author | Bouguerrah, Kahina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-27T09:07:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-27T09:07:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | 53p. ; 30cm.(+CD-Rom) | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The present research paper is a comparative study of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple (1982) and Miral Al-Tahawy’s The Blue Aubergine (2002) in terms of a literary representation of women in the light of patriarchy. In fact, the purpose of our thesis is to study the affinities between the two novels or between the female characters in relation to the themes of oppression and emancipation. To cover this study and ground the way to our thesis, we have selected two pivotal theories in the field of feminism, which are Feminist Theory: from margin to center (1984) and Feminism is for everybody (2000) of the Afro-American author and militant bell hooks. Relying on these two major works, which sustains the coming findings, I have tried to bring out the two authors’ claims and reflections about women subordination and oppression in male dominated societies, and their demonstration of women’s journey towards emancipation and empowerment. To narrow down and discuss the major ideas of the two novels, I have selected the most pertinent chapters from hooks theories, which mainly embody related aspects to patriarchy such as identity, religion, love, marriage and work. Furthermore, these related aspects or institutions seem to be both involved and influenced by the gender-role attribution and gender stereotypes. Thus, in this paper I have tried to incarnate hooks assumptions through the two novels and bring evidences from these case studies. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Comparative Literature | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.ummto.dz/handle/ummto/20901 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Mouloud Mammeri University OF Tizi-Ouzou | en |
| dc.subject | Alice Walker | en |
| dc.subject | affinities | en |
| dc.subject | Bell hooks | en |
| dc.subject | emancipation | en |
| dc.subject | empowerment | en |
| dc.subject | feminism | en |
| dc.subject | gender-role | en |
| dc.subject | gender stereotypes | en |
| dc.subject | institutions | en |
| dc.subject | iberation | en |
| dc.subject | Miral Al-Tahawy | en |
| dc.subject | oppression | en |
| dc.title | Gender Oppression and Women’s Emancipation in Both Alice Walker’s the Color purple (1982) and Miral Al-Tahawy’s Blue Aubergine (2002): A Comparative Study | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |