Abstract:
The proposed paper analyses the never ending conflict between family duty and urge for writing of the female protagonist in Zahra Hakimi`s ‘The story of a busy writer and other stories”, Farideh Kheradmand`s “I only wanted to write a story”, Moniru Ravanipur`s “The House of Ghousts” and Zoya Pirzad “ The Story of the Rabit and the Tomato”. It examines the methods through which the four authors depict the woman-writer, a split, hyphenated personality plagued by guilt for failing to fulfill both the demands of her calling, and the expectations associated with traditional gender roles in Iranian society. The paper further explores the function assigned to the genre of the short story in women’s quest for opportunities of artistic expression.
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