Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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PhD student of Persian language and literature, Qaimshahr branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaimshahr, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Qaimshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaimshahr, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Qaimshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaimshahr, Iran.
Abstract
Purpose: Feminist critics believe that literary works written by men have reproduced the patriarchal gender system. Post-structuralist feminism is a branch of feminism that considers the root of gender discrimination in the dualism of Western culture, which places concepts in opposite poles while always preferring one over the other. They believe that revealing the nature of the orthodox analysis of the western intellectual system and valuing female characteristics in the form of literary works is a way to confront the patriarchal ideology in literature. Therefore, women should provide positive definitions of femininity to counter the patriarchal ideology. The upcoming research is an attempt to critique and analyze the feminist novels of American author Toni Morrison's Delband and House.
Materials and methods: The present research has tried to investigate and analyze the effects of violence against women in Toni Morrison's selected novels in a descriptive-analytical manner based on the approach of American comparative literature and the method of content analysis and an implicit view of the approach of women's writing.
Findings: Analyzing the novels Delband and Morrison's House from the perspective of feminism gives us the opportunity to observe the lives of many women around the world, especially among black communities. Feminist issues and struggles related to feminist criticism and analysis of Toni Morrison's novels in terms of gender and social base of murder. The culture of life is influenced by our interpretation of life, and each goal we set for life brings a special style. The concept of life style and culture refers to issues such as family, marriage, type of housing, type of clothing, consumption patterns, entertainment and leisure time, business, individual and social behaviors in different environments, in other words, to all issues that the text They shape human life.
Conclusion: the shell of western culture is an apparent progress; But the inside of that lifestyle is materialistic, lustful, sinful, and anti-spiritual. The principle of originality of pleasure and originality of benefit are defined as two basic principles in the life of the people of the West based on the concepts of humanism philosophy. Humanism, materialism, secularism, rationalism, individualism and globalization form the basis of thinking in the West. In this work, we have tried to the best of our ability to deal with the symbolism of the western lifestyle.
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