Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mojtaba Soltanian ¹
• Leila Hashemian ²

¹ Ph.D. student of Persian language and literature, Boali Sina University, Hamedan, university lecturer

² Faculty member of Persian Language and Literature, Bu-Ali Sina University,

Abstract

In the past few decades, following the extensive political and social changes as well as the change in society's attitude towards women's issues status, novelists have paid special attention to women's issues and reflected the society's attitude towards women's identity and rights in their works. The of women in contemporary Iranian literature is bold and different from classical literature; As a result, it is necessary to study the image of women in literature and society. Zoya Pirzad, Fariba Wafi and Sara Salarkia are talented writers of contemporary fiction in whose work women play a central role; Therefore, in this research, with a descriptive-analytical method, according to three authoritative best-selling novels of the 80s, whose main characters are women, to try to understand the issues and concerns of women in these novels as Representatives of that generation and how their experiences are represented. The female characterization of the novels is also examined from the perspective of content analysis. Findings show that women in these novels suffer from everyday problems, loneliness, lack of self-confidence, attention to the past, feelings of fear and insecurity, dissatisfaction with married life and the loss of their female identity. Finally, they voluntarily seek to solve the problems of individual and social life and stabilize their position. Also, the atmosphere of these novels, which represent the society of that decade, shows the manifestations of patriarchy, belief in the superiority of men, society's negative attitude towards women, weak status of women and a kind of restoration of female identity

Keywords

• : Woman
• society
• family
• female experience
• sociological criticism
• novel