The Quest For Identity And Self : A Feminist Study Of Marwan Al- Ghafouri's Sa'ad's Braids

Résumé: The present research aims to quest for women’s identity and the self to free them from the restrictions of the Yemeni society as well as to explore the severe suffering of the maltreated women in Yemen depicted in Al- Ghafouri's Sa'ad's Braids. The objectives of this research are to focus on the issue of identity crisis and how women struggle to free themselves. It also highlights how the heroine breaks the constraints of the society by her contact to the main author. In Yemeni society, women were and are still oppressed and exploited in different ways, so the novelist emphasizes that every woman must search for her self-recognition, and creating a good place for herself in her region and in all parts of Yemen. According to feminist perspective, the woman as awareness is more important than woman as the object in the society. It is concluded that Al-Ghafouri raises his concern about the oppression, injustice, illiteracy, exploitation, and maltreatment of millions of women in all parts of Yemen. Thus, the protagonist seeks to break her silence in order to love, live and coexist peacefully with other groups despite of having different religions and cultures in her society.

Publié dans la revue: مجلة التميز