Simin Daneshvar's Savushun: Examining Gender Under Patriarchy

<p>The author covers issues of gender and Iranian national identity as reflected in Iran’s first published woman novelist, Simin Daneshvar. Her novel, <em>Savushun</em>, is the first novel to be published by an Iranianwoman in 1969. The novel depicts Iran at the start of the country’s governmental factions in 1941 when Reza Shah Pahlavi overthrew years of Iranian dynasty and established a monarchy. This thesis explores how the novel is a vital part of Iran’s historical literature as well as essential to the present day discussion of gender and politics, especially for women within the patriarchal paradigm.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Jahed, Yasaman

Contributors dc:contributor

• Piano, Doreen
• Steeby, Elizabeth
• Werner, Robin

• Iranian Women Writers, Islamic Feminism, Iranian Nationalism, Gender, Literary Subterfuge,
• Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/462

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1253