Search for dissertations about: "Arabic women writers"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Arabic women writers.

  2. 1. “I Can Do Nothing against the Wish of the Pen” : Studies in the Short Stories of Widād Sakākīnī

    Author : Astrid Ottosson Bitar; Gail Ramsay; Eva Riad; Ingeborg Nordin Hennel; Roger Allen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arabic language; modern Arabic literature; Arabic women writers; the Arabic short story; feminist literary theory; Arabiska; Widad Sakākīnī; Arabic language; Arabiska;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the short story writing of the Lebanese/Syrian writer Widād Sakākīnī (1913-1991). Its primary aim is to discover how she was able to establish herself as a respected writer while keeping her distinctive character as a woman writer within a literary tradition that was strongly defined by patriarchal values and contained many misogynic elements. READ MORE

  4. 2. Creating a Man, a Mouse or a Monster? : Masculinityas Formulated by Syrian Female Novelists through the Second Half of the 20thCentury

    Author : Lovisa Berg; Nacim Pak-Shiraz; Paul Starkey; Jaakko Hameen-Anttila; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Masculinity; Syria; Female Arab Writers; Intercultural Studies; Interkulturella studier;

    Abstract : This literary study examines the formulation of masculinity in Syrian novels authored by women. The thesis covers the period between 1959 and 2000, corresponding to both the development of the female-authored novel in Syria and the creation of the modern Syrian state. READ MORE