Influence of the Second Wave of Feminism on the Iranian Novel Savushun
Influence of the Second Wave of Feminism on the Iranian Novel Savushun

Summary/Abstract: This article studies the influence of the second wave of feminism on the first Iranian novel written by a woman: Savushun. The method of research is close reading. The publication traces certain ideas of the second wave, outlined by authors such as Simone de Beavouir and Betty Friedan, and then closely analyses the novel, to see how the main character’s evolution unveils similar understandings about the worlds of women and men. In conclusion, it turns out that the author, Simin Daneshvar, has introduced the Iranian public to feminism, albeit in a veiled form, by telling a story which is, in fact, very Iranian.

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