Analysis of Feminine Language in the Novel Madaran va Dokhtaran, Book Two; DadeQhadamKhair Based on Mills' Feminist Stylistics

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 M.A. in Persian Language and Literature, Allameh Tabataba’I University, Tehran, Iran.

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The importance of language as a key tool in shaping and reflecting ideologies has made it one of the main areas of concern for feminists. A close examination of language can lead us to a deeper understanding of gendered structures of power, oppression, or resistance. In this research, using qualitative analysis and library and documentary studies, we have attempted to examine the novel DadeQadamKhair, focusing on Sarah Mills' feminist stylistic framework, in order to identify gender signs in the language of this novel as a narrative work in the context of history. Analysis of women's writing at the three levels of vocabulary, sentences, and discourse shows that the author has redefined part of women's identity in her writing by using appropriate feminine expressions, employing objectivity and detail in phrasing, and raising women's concerns at the discourse level. The novel DadeQadamKhair presents an outstanding example of using the features of language to present a complex, dynamic, and critical portrayal of women's lived experience. This work is the second book in Mahshid Amirshahi's four-volume novel Madaran va Dokhtaran, and it seems that the other books in this novel can also be examined in the framework of this model and, overall, are a notable example of women's writing.

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Journal Of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies

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