Feminist Stylistics in Ghazale Alizade and Mostafa Mastor’s Short Stories

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

2 M.A. in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics,, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

Abstract

Each and every poet or writer, uses a certain method to express what they have in mind which varies from that of any other poet or writer. Also, male and female writers, each in their own particular way, have been under the influence of the social factors of their own era, their behavioral traits and beliefs, qualities which led to a special style of their own. In this study an attempt has been undertaken to answer the following question: Do female writers possess a different and particular style in their writing or not? To answer to this question, an analysis on five stories by Qazal Alizade, added to five stories by Mostafa Mastur has been done based on Sarah Mills' theoretical framework. Based on the outcomes of this study, a conclusion must be reached that as a female writer, Qazal Alizade, exhibits a feminine style by using a high frequency of words related to the female domain, more tendency to apply emotional figures, more use of ambiguous figures, a tendency for writing with a simple style and also an inclination for breaking the grammatical structures and incomplete sentences, shows a feminine style. Contrary to that, although Mastur has focused on the condition of women, his style cannot be counted as that of feminine. Hence, this research confirms that feminist style and linguistic characteristics of this style in women writers are meaningfully obvious and differ from male writers.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Linguistic Studies: Theory and Practice
Volume 2, Issue 1 - Serial Number 3
Fall 2023
December 2023
Pages 85-103

Files

History

  • Receive Date: 23 November 2023
  • Revise Date: 09 December 2023
  • Accept Date: 21 December 2023

Share

How to cite

Statistics