The Fate of Women in Four Contemporary Iranian Novels: The Bildungsroman as an Analytical Framework

• Pedersen, Claus Valling ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Copenhagen

     University of Copenhagen

     Dinamarca

     
• Localización: Oriente Moderno, ISSN 0030-5472, Vol. 104, Nº. 1-2, 2024, págs. 134-149
• Idioma: italiano
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  • Abstract Bildungsroman is an often-used genre in female Iranian writers’ novels. This article will bring short, comparative analyses of four such novels with a point of departure in defining the genre. The four novels are Simin Dānešvar’s Savušun, Šahrnuš Pārsipur’s Sag va zemestān-e boland, Zoyā Pirzād’s Čerāġhā-rā man ḫāmuš mikonam, and Parinuš Ṣaniʿi’s Sahm-e man. The article attempts to show that the four novels have at least one theme and a central confrontational scene in common and that they all draw a bleak picture of the possibility of an emerging liberation of women in Iranian society.