Feminist Discourse in Saudi Fiction: Zeinab Hefny1's Features as a Model

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Feminist Discourse in Saudi Fiction: Zeinab Hefny1's Features as a Model

Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 4

Abstract

Abstract: Due to the increasing and successive development witnessed by the Saudi society in all fields, it is normal to find a reflection of such development in the literary sephere, especially fiction. Western influence on development of such literary genre cannot be ignored, but its influence on writings and thoughts of some Saudi women novelists was greater. Saudi female novelists have considered their novels as the strongest weapon by which they can defend women's rights and express themselves freely. Although these goals seem legal, such group of novelists adopt a rebellious strategy to achieve these goals, declaring their resistance against the long – established norms and traditions of their conservative society. Among such group who tend to present the Saudi community with western features is Zeinab Hefny. Hefny is a Saudi feminist writer known for her challenge of the dominating taboos within the Saudi community. She calls for absolute freedom of the girl, encouraging Saudi girls to abandon their old-fashioned traditions and frequently states her endorsement for illegal relations between men and women. The problem with Hefny's novels, especially Features, is that sex is employed catastrophically in her works, and therefore her works confuse critics wheather to classify them as erotic or pornographic. This study is accordingly devoted to answer the following questions: Are literary works produced by Arab women writers erotic writings or pornographic ones? Is there a relationship between erotica literature and the needs of the Arab citizen who is oppressed and repressed not only sexually, but also politically, socially, economically, psychologically and culturally? Does Zeinab Hefny's Features belong to the erotic literature? Is it an attempt for freedom from all long-established shackles imposed on the thoughts of both men and women?. Keywords: Saudi fiction, Feminism, Erotica, Pornography, Westernization, Features, Narrator, Stylization, Narratives.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Hafsa Barak Albarak

Keywords

Keywords: Saudi fiction Feminism Erotica Pornography Westernization Features Narrator Stylization Narratives.

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