Feminist Issues and Concerns in the Fictions of Two Egyptian Women Writers: Alifa Rifaat and Nawal El-Saadawi

Author

Shafiqa Anwar Fakir, University of Northern IowaFollow

Availability

Open Access Thesis

Keywords

Rifʻat, Alīfah--Criticism and interpretation; Saʻdāwī, Nawāl--Criticism and interpretation; Rifʻat, Alīfah; Saʻdāwī, Nawāl; Feminism and literature--Arab countries; Feminism and literature; Arab countries; Criticism, interpretation, etc;

Abstract

This thesis involves an examination of feminist issues and concerns in the fictions of two contemporary Egyptian women writers: Alifa Rifaat and Nawal el-Saadawi. The main focus will be on illuminating the social, sexual, economical problems that the literary female characters encounter and how they deal with these various forms of oppressions. Examination of these author's lives and works illustrates the complexity of women within the boundaries of the same nation in matters of gender justice and equality. This further, implicitly, illustrates the complexity of Arab women who tend to be viewed as a cohesive whole.

Year of Submission

2002

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of English Language and Literature

First Advisor

Carolyn MacGillivray

Second Advisor

Julie Husband

Third Advisor

Martha Reineke

Date Original

2002

Object Description

1 PDF file (150 leaves)

Copyright

©2002 Shafiqa Anwar Fakir

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Fakir, Shafiqa Anwar, "Feminist Issues and Concerns in the Fictions of Two Egyptian Women Writers: Alifa Rifaat and Nawal El-Saadawi" (2002). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2628.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2628