scholarly journals The Culture of Silence and Secrets: Repressions and Psychological Disorders among Pakistani Housewives in Fiction

2017 ◽  
Vol II (I) ◽  
pp. 114-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noreen Zainab ◽  
Aisha Jadoon ◽  
Muhammad Nawaz
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Pakistani Women ◽  
Culture Of Silence

Pakistani housewives suffer emotional and psychological repression in their daily lives, which result in the mental instability and psychological disorders. Through the analysis of two short stories by Pakistani feminist writers Shaila Abdullah and Rukhsana Ahmad, this paper studies the repressions of Pakistani housewives, and their emotional sufferings, to identify the long-lasting effects of emotional abuse among Pakistani women. Using the Freudian theory of unconscious as theoretical basis, this paper analyzed the unconscious of both female protagonists, the stereotypical Pakistani housewives. Through narrative analysis of both short stories, it is concluded that due to the Pakistani culture of silence and secrets unconscious of women becomes their cage, a cage that restrains all their unexpressed emotions, fears and memories. This paper suggests consciousness raising among Pakistani women regarding the significance of their psychological health, which can destroy their lives without them knowing about it

scholarly journals A Mirror of Society: Feminist Advocacy in Emilia Pardo Bazán's Short Stories

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Patricia Ramsay
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Moral Standard ◽  
Religious Observance ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Female Literacy ◽  
Literary Output

<p>This thesis is concerned with the manner in which the fin de siècle Spanish writer Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921) disseminated her feminist views through her short stories published in popular newspapers and journals. As a female writer, she incurred the ire of many of her male contemporaries, challenging them both personally with her feminist views, and professionally, with her erudition and immense literary output. In this thesis I offer firstly an overview of Spanish society during Pardo Bazán’s lifetime with particular reference to the situation of women and go on to outline her life and most significant achievements, literary and otherwise, with a view to contextualising the narrative analysis which follows. Twelve of Pardo Bazán’s selected short stories are analysed in the light of the feminist topics which she addressed in several of her essays and, where possible, I correlate these stories with the relevant essays. In particular, I examine issues of female literacy, legal rights and prostitution, as well as the gendered double standards of the time in the area of religious observance and, in particular, the double moral standard. I also examine stories where women did exercise a degree of agency and act in ways that went against patriarchal standards of behaviour, making life-changing decisions. I argue that in these twelve stories, it is evident that not only is each one able to be read as seemingly conforming with the mores of the patriarchal society, but that each one also has a veiled subtext where the injustices suffered by the female protagonists are made evident. Thus, I show that these stories align with Pardo Bazán’s essays and promote her broader feminist views to the reader willing to consider them.</p>

scholarly journals A Mirror of Society: Feminist Advocacy in Emilia Pardo Bazán's Short Stories

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Patricia Ramsay
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Moral Standard ◽  
Religious Observance ◽  
Double Standards ◽  
Spanish Society ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Female Literacy ◽  
Literary Output

<p>This thesis is concerned with the manner in which the fin de siècle Spanish writer Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921) disseminated her feminist views through her short stories published in popular newspapers and journals. As a female writer, she incurred the ire of many of her male contemporaries, challenging them both personally with her feminist views, and professionally, with her erudition and immense literary output. In this thesis I offer firstly an overview of Spanish society during Pardo Bazán’s lifetime with particular reference to the situation of women and go on to outline her life and most significant achievements, literary and otherwise, with a view to contextualising the narrative analysis which follows. Twelve of Pardo Bazán’s selected short stories are analysed in the light of the feminist topics which she addressed in several of her essays and, where possible, I correlate these stories with the relevant essays. In particular, I examine issues of female literacy, legal rights and prostitution, as well as the gendered double standards of the time in the area of religious observance and, in particular, the double moral standard. I also examine stories where women did exercise a degree of agency and act in ways that went against patriarchal standards of behaviour, making life-changing decisions. I argue that in these twelve stories, it is evident that not only is each one able to be read as seemingly conforming with the mores of the patriarchal society, but that each one also has a veiled subtext where the injustices suffered by the female protagonists are made evident. Thus, I show that these stories align with Pardo Bazán’s essays and promote her broader feminist views to the reader willing to consider them.</p>

scholarly journals Depictions of Female Protagonists in Digital Games: A Narrative Analysis of 2013 DICE Award-Winning Digital Games

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 843-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mildred F. Perreault ◽  
Gregory Pearson Perreault ◽  
Joy Jenkins ◽  
Ariel Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Narrative Theory ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Women's Stories

Digital games historically hold a spotty record on gender depictions. The lack of depth in female characters has long been the norm; however, an increasing number of female protagonists are headlining games. This study used narrative theory to examine depictions of four female protagonists in four 2013 Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain Award-Winning Digital Games: The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, and Beyond: Two Souls. Studying these media depictions provides context for how women’s stories are recorded in society. Stereotype subversions largely occur within familiar game narratives, and the female protagonists were still largely limited and defined by male figures in the games.

scholarly journals In Dialogue: How Writing to the Dead and the Living Can Increase Self-Awareness in Those Bereaved by Addiction

2020 ◽  
pp. 003022282097627
Author(s):  
Christina Thatcher
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Disenfranchised Grief ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Negative Behaviors ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Socially Isolated

This article examines how writing can increase the self-awareness of a socially isolated and often stigmatized population: those bereaved by addiction. Writing about a traumatic event has been shown to increase self-awareness which can improve health and regulate negative behaviors. Using narrative analysis on the writing of individuals bereaved by addiction, this study found that participants were able to increase their self-awareness through writing to the dead, the living and themselves. Participants’ writing also demonstrated their attempts to make sense and make meaning out of their loss which are both strong predictors of positive health outcomes. All participants in this study demonstrated increased self-awareness as well as sense-making and/or meaning-making which can lead to improvements in behavior regulation, psychological health and physical heath. This suggests that writing may be a uniquely beneficial therapeutic intervention for those experiencing disenfranchised grief as a result of bereavement by addiction.

scholarly journals Resistance to Paterfamilias in Purabi Basu’s two short stories: “Radha Will Not Cook Today” and “Saleha’s Desire”

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
Nahid Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Female Protagonists ◽  
Female Writers ◽  
Societal Expectations

Female writers have always been vocal against the tyranny of the overwhelming demon of patriarchy. Some of the writings of contemporary Bangladeshi female writers like Selina Hossain and Purabi Basu, exhibit a strong sense of resistance to the overpowering hegemony of paterfamilias. The aim of this paper is to focus on the tendency of de-centering the masculine logocentricism as shown in two of the short stories of Purabi Basu, “Radha Will Not Cook Today” and “Saleha’s Desire”. In these texts, we will find two resistant female protagonists, Radha and Saleha, who stand in their own way against societal expectations and break away with the roles the society has imposed on them. Their weapons are either silence or indifference or even violence. Moreover, their resistance may not lead to any positive conclusion. Yet, they are to be celebrated because of their power to oppose the oppressive or suppressive power. Stamford Journal of English; Volume 6; Page 177-185 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sje.v6i0.13912

scholarly journals Do Background Colors Have an Impact on Preferences and Catch the Attention of Users?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Anna Lewandowska ◽  
Agnieszka Olejnik-Krugly
Keyword(s):  
Visual Attention ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
User Preferences ◽  
Background Color ◽  
Eye Tracker ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
First Impression ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Color Composition

In recent years, our environment has become more invasive and stimulating than ever. People must choose carefully what to look for in their over-stimulated daily lives. One way to attract visual attention, which may even interrupt the cognitive task being performed, is color. However, a question arises: Does each color attract the attention of users in a similar way? In this paper, we attempt to answer this question. Our goal is to investigate whether there are colors that have a greater visual power than other colors and, thus, can capture the attention of users more strongly, independent of the background (e.g., color or image). We also discuss which mode of visual attention (divided or sustained) is particularly susceptible to such visual messages. For this purpose, a perceptual experiment was developed, in which user preferences concerning user-friendly and readable color compositions were acquired. At the same time, we measured the unconscious reactions of users related to their first impression, thus indicating the color composition which first (from a displayed pair of images) draws the attention of users. Reactions were measured using an eye tracker. As a result of this research, we found that the background color, in the case of some colors, does not have a significant impact on the perception of the visual message, even if it is intended to attract and maintain the attention of the user.

scholarly journals A Gynocritical Study of The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 100-106
Author(s):  
Azadeh Nouri ◽  
Fatemeh Aziz Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Fiction ◽  
Young Girl ◽  
Angela Carter ◽  
Female Protagonists

In 1979, Carter published one of her mast renowned collections of short fiction, The Bloody Chamber. The majority of Angela Carter’s work revolve around a specific type of feminism, radical libertarian feminism and her critique of the patriarchal role that have been placed on women. which she promotes feminist due to her style, referred to as "Galm-Rock" feminism In this article, the main concentrate is on heroine’s internalized consciousness which echoes in their behavior. All of the female protagonists in carter’s short stories; such as The Werewolf, The Wolf_Alice,and mainly in The Company of Wolves have similar characteristics with different conditions, in which they are represented in a very negative light with less than ideal roles. In these stories, the protagonist is a young girl who has many conflicts with love and desire. Carter attempts to encourage women to do something about this degrading representation.

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