A Critique of the Social-Cultural Position of Women in Keyler's Novel

Abstract

The novel is a plot of life that narrates a period of time and the culture of the society in a narrative way, describing the passages and difficulties of life by situating characters and events. This description is accompanied by a presentation of the life plan. Women as part of society, life, and culture have contributed to the development of the narrative, and what has been shown to them is the idealistic, critical, or corrective view of the author. One of the most prominent narrative novels of the last hundred years in Iran, the novel of Keleydar features women such as Balqis, Zivar, Maral, and Shirou trying to put women in front of men and make life meaningful. Dolatabadi has used the theory of community representation in storytelling and has shown less critical, corrective, and idealistic perspectives that have made the educational part of the story difficult. This study criticizes the position of women in the novel of Keyler, expressing deficiencies and disregarding the teachings of critics such as Goldman and Barth, which has seriously challenged the novel's inspiring position.

Keywords

• position of women
• novel
• keleydar
• sociology of literature
• dolatabadi