Irony and Humor as Feminist Narrative Strategies: Arabian Gulf Women's Literature in Perspective
This article examines how, in her first novel entitled al-Shams madhbuha wa-l-layl mahbus (1997, The Sun is Slaughtered and the Night is Confined), the contemporary Kuwaiti woman writer, Fawziyya Shuwaysh al-Salim (b. 1949), employs irony and humor as narrative strategies through which the absurdity...
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| author | Tijani, Olatunbosun |
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| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | Tijani, Olatunbosun. "Irony and Humor as Feminist Narrative Strategies: Arab Gulf Women’s Literature in Perspective." The International Journal of Literary Humanities (2016) 2327-8676 2327-7912 http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8397 10.18848/2327-7912/cgp/v14i02/9-19 |
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| description | This article examines how, in her first novel entitled al-Shams madhbuha wa-l-layl mahbus (1997, The Sun is Slaughtered and the Night is Confined), the contemporary Kuwaiti woman writer, Fawziyya Shuwaysh al-Salim (b. 1949), employs irony and humor as narrative strategies through which the absurdity of some Arabian social and cultural ideologies and practices are exposed. A three-stage humor pattern—in the “cause → effect → reaction” formula—are identified in most of the humorous scenes in the novel. On this premise, I argue that, although the narrative technique employed and the events depicted in the novel are exceedingly conventional and typical of the masculinist literary tradition, a discerning perusal of its ironical subtexts and humorous aspects will reveal before the reader a mockery of an oppressive social system. While the text depicts women’s overt conformity with the Arabian patriarchal social order of the pre-oil era (prior to the 1950s/1960s), the clandestine actions and thoughts of its rustic, uneducated, and secluded teenager-heroine subtly underscore women’s rejection and subversion of male authoritarianism. Several excerpts from the novel will be analyzed with a view to illustrating a feminist argument that women’s silence and compliance in the face of patriarchal tyranny are not really tantamount to their docility. |
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| spelling | Irony and Humor as Feminist Narrative Strategies: Arabian Gulf Women's Literature in PerspectiveTijani, OlatunbosunIronyHumorFeminist Narrative StrategiesArabian GulfKuwaiti LiteratureThis article examines how, in her first novel entitled al-Shams madhbuha wa-l-layl mahbus (1997, The Sun is Slaughtered and the Night is Confined), the contemporary Kuwaiti woman writer, Fawziyya Shuwaysh al-Salim (b. 1949), employs irony and humor as narrative strategies through which the absurdity of some Arabian social and cultural ideologies and practices are exposed. A three-stage humor pattern—in the “cause → effect → reaction” formula—are identified in most of the humorous scenes in the novel. On this premise, I argue that, although the narrative technique employed and the events depicted in the novel are exceedingly conventional and typical of the masculinist literary tradition, a discerning perusal of its ironical subtexts and humorous aspects will reveal before the reader a mockery of an oppressive social system. While the text depicts women’s overt conformity with the Arabian patriarchal social order of the pre-oil era (prior to the 1950s/1960s), the clandestine actions and thoughts of its rustic, uneducated, and secluded teenager-heroine subtly underscore women’s rejection and subversion of male authoritarianism. Several excerpts from the novel will be analyzed with a view to illustrating a feminist argument that women’s silence and compliance in the face of patriarchal tyranny are not really tantamount to their docility.2016-08-03T08:00:17Z2016-08-03T08:00:17Z2016info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfTijani, Olatunbosun. "Irony and Humor as Feminist Narrative Strategies: Arab Gulf Women’s Literature in Perspective." The International Journal of Literary Humanities (2016)2327-86762327-7912http://hdl.handle.net/11073/839710.18848/2327-7912/cgp/v14i02/9-19en_UShttps://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7912/CGP/v14i02/9-19oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/83972024-08-22T12:18:01Z |
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