Date of Award
Summer 8-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
English
Department
English
Major Professor
Piano, Doreen
Second Advisor
Steeby, Elizabeth
Third Advisor
Werner, Robin
Abstract
The author covers issues of gender and Iranian national identity as reflected in Iran’s first published woman novelist, Simin Daneshvar. Her novel, Savushun, 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.
Recommended Citation
Jahed, Yasaman, "Simin Daneshvar's Savushun: Examining Gender Under Patriarchy" (2011). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 462.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/462
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