Violence and Resistance in Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero (1975) and Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions (1988)
| dc.contributor.author | Laouari Lylia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tesbia Kenza | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-20T08:40:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-20T08:40:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description | 52p. ; (+CD-Rom) | |
| dc.description.abstract | This dissertation is a comparative study of Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero (1975) and Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions (1988). The aim of this work is to show the various forms of violence faced by women in Egyptian and Rhodesian societies, and to demonstrate the women’s resistance against patriarchal system in both novels. To achieve our purpose, we have relied on Alice Walker’s Womanism developed in her collection of essays In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983) and bell hooks’ Feminist Theory From Margin to Center (1984). The findings of this study reveal that women in Woman at Point Zero and Nervous Conditions face systemic violence that limits their autonomy and freedom. Both novels highlight various forms of oppression, including physical, sexual, psychological, and domestic violence, while also showcasing acts of resistance. Education, solidarity, and defiance emerge as crucial tools for female empowerment, allowing the protagonists to challenge patriarchal norms. In Woman at Point Zero, the protagonist’s turn to prostitution is depicted as a means of reclaiming control over her body, while Nervous Conditions presents intellectual growth as a path to liberation. Through this study, we conclude that Nawal El Saadawi and Tsitsi Dangarembga share significant thematic concerns regarding women’s rights. Through their narratives, they amplify women’s voice in opposition to the various forms of violence and oppression they encounter by positioning their female characters as agents of resistance | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Literature and Interdisciplinary Approaches | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.ummto.dz/handle/ummto/28963 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou | |
| dc.subject | Education | |
| dc.subject | Nawal El Saadawi | |
| dc.subject | Nervous Conditions | |
| dc.subject | Resistance | |
| dc.subject | Solidarity | |
| dc.subject | Tsitsi Dangarembga | |
| dc.subject | Violence | |
| dc.subject | Woman at Point Zero | |
| dc.title | Violence and Resistance in Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero (1975) and Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions (1988) | |
| dc.type | Thesis |