scholarly journals “Straight out of the button-molder’s own ladle”: On the complexity of characters in Arthur Koestler’s Thieves in the Night

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Zénó Vernyik
Keyword(s):  
Initial Presentation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Arthur Koestler

<p>This paper discusses the complexity of female and Arab characters in Arthur Koestler’s Thieves in the Night. Through an analysis of three main characters (Dina, Ellen and the Mukhtar of Kfar Tabiyeh) and several minor ones, it shows that the allegation of contemporary reviews, and some works on Arthur Koestler ever since, that the novel is excessively built on stock characters is untenable. In fact, the representation of women and Arabs is both specific and detailed, in addition to the fact that these characters show a clearly detectable line of development, even if their initial presentation might in some cases be reminiscent of Petrarchan or other types.</p>

scholarly journals REPRESENTASI PEREMPUAN SEBAGAI SIMBOL PERLAWANAN PADA NOVEL JALAN PANJANG MENUJU PULANG KARYA PIPIET SENJA: KAJIAN FEMINISME RADIKAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Suci Annisa Caroline ◽  
Novi Anoegrajekti ◽  
Heru S. P. Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Radical Feminism ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Education Politics

In a dominant patriarchal culture, women are considered lower than men in many aspects such as education, politics, workplace, and the sexuality discourse. This article shows the representation of women who symbolize her resistance which is reflected in the novel entitled Jalan Panjang Menuju Pulang by Pipiet Senja. It is used qualitative method supported by descriptive analysis on the basis of theoretical of radical feminism. The results of the study show that woman (Fatin) is subjugated by men. There are physical violence, psychological violence, and also domestic violence which happened to Fatin. Hans did Sexual harassment, while sexual violence done by Frankie. Meanwhile her husband ,Rimbong, threat her and hit her. Fatin suffers psychic and also physical violence. This spouse fought for the custody right. This research discuss about how Fatin showing her resistance to the domestic violence and sexual violence. In her apartment, Fatin dares to scuffles then reports Frankie to the police. She also reveals her resistance by hiding away her child when her husband will take her child.

scholarly journals Women’s Participation in Politics as Represented in the Novel “In Praise of Hatred”

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Nor Fatin Abdul Jabar ◽  
Kamariah Yunus ◽  
Nurul Fatihah Muhamad Nazmi ◽  
Muhammad Farriz Aziz ◽  
Nurul Afiqah Muhammad Zani
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Political Discourse Analysis ◽  
Politics And Gender ◽  
And Gender

In today&rsquo;s reality, there is a definite gap when it comes to men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s participation in politics. It can be seen that the society prefers men to lead them, make decisions and solve problems. The society assumes men to have better leadership qualities, but people tend to be sceptical when it comes to women. In Syria, men&rsquo;s responsibilities as leaders and the ones who make decisions are valued highly by the Syrian society. They believe that men&rsquo;s power and abilities to lead are more stable, prosperous and secure than women. Among the society, women are considered as subordinates and excluded from negotiations. This matter is highlighted in Syrian literature too, especially in novels and writings since masculinity, is practiced in Syrian society. This present study attempted to investigate the gender stereotypes on politics portrayed in the novel &ldquo;In Praise of Hatred&rdquo;, by Khaled Khalifa. The present study employed a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach to investigate the pragmatic representation of politics portrayed in the controversial Syrian novel. The findings focused on the representation of women in politics. To this end, Van Dijk&rsquo;s Social-political Discourse Analysis Approach was adopted to reveal the ideology behind the constructions. The issues of gender and politics were analysed based on the pragmatic representation in the novel. Adopting the Social-political Discourse Analysis approach under Sociocognitive Discourse Studies (SCDS), the criteria of social aspects (politics and gender) were being looked at thoroughly. Regarding subject positions, the data analysis showed that the portrayal of gender is always biased and women&rsquo;s participation in politics is not encouraged.

scholarly journals Being aware of the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 infection

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-189
Author(s):  
Basak Atalay
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Sore Throat ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
Initial Presentation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Neurologic Manifestations ◽  
Neurological Manifestations ◽  
Impaired Consciousness ◽  
Atypical Symptoms ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19) is first reported from China, and unfortunately, no longer restricted, and spreads in all geographies.(1) The main symptoms of COVID-19 infection are respiratory tract related. Infected patients usually have symptoms such as fever, sore throat, and fatigue, and they may have atypical symptoms like headache, seizure, anosmia, stroke, and even impaired consciousness. Strong evidence of an association between COVID-19 infection and neurological manifestations has been reported. Besides, the neurologic manifestations may be the initial presentation of COVID-19 infection.

scholarly journals Perempuan, Islam, dan Wacana Kolonial: Pembacaan Pascakolonial terhadap Novel Ratu yang Bersujud (2013) Karya Mahdavi

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-542
Author(s):  
Dwi Susanto ◽  
Rianna Wati ◽  
Afnan Arummi
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Western World ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Colonial Discourse ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Women In Islam ◽  
Global Discourse ◽  
Islamic Identity ◽  
Representations Of Women

Representations of women, Islam, and colonial discourses appear in the Ratu yang Bersujud (2013). The novel is a counter discourse towards the representation of women and Islam in global discourse. The main problem of this research is the representation of Islam and women towards the Western world within the perspective of the author's subject. The purpose is to show the representation of Islam and women according to the author's subject view. This research uses a post-colonial perspective, especially the way colonized subjects present re-representation or overwriting. The objects are the Ratu yang Bersujud (2013) and the views of colonized subjects on the representation of Islamic identity (women and Islam). This research data consists of text narrative structure, thematic ideas of the text, social context of the author or colonized society, and discourse of modern colonialism. The result of the research is that the author's subject carries out a deconstruction that leads to the defense or resistance to the image or representation of Islam and women in the global discourse. However, it is trapped in ambiguity, which is trapped in colonial discourse and does not voice women in Islam but Islamic identity in the perspective of the patriarchal subject. It is proven as a representation of women as objects of misfortune.

scholarly journals RELASI KUASA TOKOH LAKI-LAKI DAN PEREMPUAN DALAM NOVEL GARIS PEREMPUAN KARYA SANIE B. KUNCORO

TELAGA BAHASA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Ery Agus Kurnianto
Keyword(s):  
Representation Theory ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
The Media

The issue of power between men and women in the construction of patriarchal culture becomes very interesting. Women become parties repressed by the power of men because of the cultural construction formed by men. One of the media that can be used by women to resist construction is literary work. The object of this research is a novel entitled Garis Perempuan by Sanie B. Kuncoro. Within the concept of structuralism, the writer aims to identify the behavior, mindset, and myths concerning women that are represented in the novel. The writer uses gender and representation theory to identify the representation of women. The method used in this paper is descriptive-analytic with an objective approach. The objective approach by analyzing intrinsic elements based on the empirical facts contained in the work. The result shows that women are represented as colonized and feminist.

scholarly journals Ideological Essentialization of Afghan Women in Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns

The Batuk ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Binod Sapkota
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Common People ◽  
Afghan Women ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Poor Women ◽  
The Us ◽  
Women And Children

 This article analyses the representation of women in Khaled Hoesseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns (2003). This novel foregrounds the Afghan history in the aftermath of the fall of monarchy and the subsequent Russianinvasion, rise of Taliban and the arrival of the US after 9/11. All these events resulted in ethnic cleansing, hunger, mass exploitation, displacement and physical and psychological trauma to the common people especially the poor, women, and children. They brought eternal political instability to the ancient nation. The article uses the feminist lens of interpretation and concludes that the novel presents a graphical picture of Afghan women, their sufferings, their fight against the social and political patriarchy and biasness, their pain, human values and struggle for dignity.

“Another high-caste woman beyond his reach”: Cast(e)ing the sexual politics of Manu Joseph’s Serious Men

2019 ◽  
pp. 002198941988101
Author(s):  
Kanak Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Politics ◽  
Critical Reception ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Language Politics ◽  
Indian English ◽  
Lower Caste ◽  
High Caste ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Sexist Language ◽  
Caste Politics

Indian English Fiction has mostly portrayed Dalit characters from a humanist perspective. Manu Joseph’s debut novel Serious Men (2010) departs from such a convention by deploying sexist language to render subversive authority to the Dalit protagonist, Ayyan Mani. While Serious Men (2010) revises the passive depiction of Dalits in Indian English Fiction through its experimental usage of language, its subversion is undermined by its representation of women and lower-caste politics. This article is interested in exploring the intersections between language politics and the politics of caste in the novel, since it seems subversive in expressing the rant of an angry Dalit man, yet it also nevertheless reflects the overt sexualization of urban, upper-caste women. By interrogating the novel’s politics of Dalit representation and its critical reception, the article argues how despite satirizing casteist attitudes through the eyes of the Dalit protagonist, the novel inevitably undermines its critique of caste structures through its prejudiced portrayal of women and caste politics.

scholarly journals The Portrayal of Women: Feminist Analysis of A Hologram for The King

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Samal Marf Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Women Characters ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Feminist Analysis ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Self Objectification

This research paper attempts to investigate the representation of women, their character and their rights in Dave Eggers’ novel A Hologram for the King (2012), according to the feministic approach to literary works. Gender bias has been reflected in many literary works from classical canonical works to contemporary literary ones and has been dealt with in many critical pieces. The theme of self-objectification, which is closely tied to gender bias to some extent, has not been analyzed, independently and fully, especially in the literature of the post-colonial era. The current study scrutinizes the writer’s portrayal of women characters in order to uncover the replication of the same stereotypes and gender bias categories against women, dominant in the literary works before the post-colonial era. Based on the feminist approach, A Hologram for the King is identified as a misogynist work although it is written in postmodern era. The author of the novel, is inspired by men’s superiority, creates a completely distorted image of women by introducing them as people who turn themselves into objects of pleasure for men. The novelist further deprives women of their rights and misrepresents them as unprincipled humans, disparaging them as naïve and sexually licentious creatures. After all, this study becomes a means of writing back against marginalization of women, in their picturization and their subordination to men.

scholarly journals A feministic critique of Jamil Ahmed’s The Wandering Falcon

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Zareena Qasim ◽  
Adeela Iftikhar ◽  
Asifa Qasim
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Objectification ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Second Sex ◽  
Patriarchal Society ◽  
The Way

The study investigates the novel The Wandering Falcon (2011) by Jamil Ahmad in the milieu of feminist approach. It qualitatively explores the text for the representation of women: the treatment of women by men, and their position in the patriarchal society. The novel is analysed by employing De-Beauvoir’s (1949) feministic philosophical approach in The Second Sex. This research explores the way power is exercised over women in the novel and the suppression of women by men plays as an instrument of transmission of customs and traditions.  This research is to explore the novel from a feministic perspective to unveil the hidden realities in the novel regarding women to find out what sort of oppression is faced by women in the novel and to explore the general problems of women in the novel. It is found that in the context of the novel, women are treated unjustly by men. They are deprived of their rights and are taken as commodities in the patriarchal society. Women are stereotypically presented as having no identity, no freedom, and no voice of their own. Being treated as objects and things to be traded by men, women in the novel are found facing domestic violence, sexual objectification, and extra judicial killings.

scholarly journals Longing, Belonging and Gender Relations in Bina Shah’s Novel Where They Dream in Blue.

Al-Burz ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Najia Asrar Zaidi ◽  
Saima Manzoor ◽  
Farhan Ebadaat Khan
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Power Relation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The West ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Central Characters

The purpose of this study is to analyse the quest for identity as revealed in Bina shah’s first novel “Where dream in Blue”. South Asian reality is not static but dynamic. Shah’s orientalised glamour and hybrid dialogue affirms her knowledge of the cultures and societies being depicted in the novel. This novel is significant as it discusses the ambivalent representation of her central characters. She focuses on the issues of immigrants living in USA and their collision and collusion with the culture of the country of their origin. This interaction of immigrants with their own culture and that of their acquired culture produces identity-crisis, displacement, differences with their parents and the ongoing battle within themselves. Karim and Afsar being the victim of double civilization learn to deal with their expectations, disappointments, aspirations and achievements. Unveiling the power relation between the genders, the representation of women is interesting as they adopt various courses of action to counter discrimination and bias. The hero also refutes fixed notions of the West and the standardized practices of the East. By challenging the set norms, the protagonists contest fixity and create safe third space for their survival. 

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