A Comparative Study of Women and Men Language in the Works of Contemporary Arab Artists on the Subject of War

Abstract

AbstractBy expanding the differences between femininity and masculinity, postmodern feminism recognizes the feminine language as a distinguishing factor between the artistic and literary works of men and women and features such as the use of complex and multifaceted symbols and the specific use of the body. In works dealing with this concept, the inversion of aesthetic values ​​is enumerated for it. Contrary to these views, people like Linda Nachlin oppose the formation of such a language in the works of women artists. The present study aims at knowing more the contemporary Arab art. Using a descriptive and analytical method as well as a comparative approach to the formation of women's language, it examines the works of contemporary Arab women artists and compares them with the male ones in order to seek to answer the question of whether women's language is formed in the works of contemporary Arab women artists or not. Accordingly, in addition to examining the works of Arab women, the works of contemporary Arab men are also examined in order to obtain a more accurate answer to the question. Examples are selected works of art with the theme of war. Results from this research proves non formation of women's language in such works along with their similarity with the works of male artists..

Keywords

• keywords female language
• postmodern feminism
• contemporary arab art
• art of war