Document Type : Research paper

Authors

Imam khomeini international university, Qazvin, Iran

Abstract

The feminine literature is one of most important topics in contemporary literary criticism. following the Women's movement to achieve equal rights with men, “Feminine writing style” was developed as branch of feminist criticism in the mid-20Th century. According to feminists, men are not able to represent women's experiences in their works, so it is necessary to express these experiences in women's language.Using statistical- descriptive and analytical methods, this research has attempted to study the components of feminine writing in Hoda Barakat’s novel "Hajar al-dahk" in two lexical and syntactic layers. This result was obtained by studies: In lexical domain: intensifiers, hedges, repeated words and color terms, in syntactic domain: simple sentences, short sentences, compound sentences, incomplete sentences, and interrogative sentences used as soliloquies are among the components highlighted in the novel. It is worth mentioning that, although war literature demands its own language, this issue could have no significant impact on the type of language of the author, and she has maintained her own specific feminine language. The lost identity of women in society has played a significant role in shaping their particular language and could be the main cause of feminine writing components formation.

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