Motaleat-e-zaban-e-farsi

Motaleat-e-zaban-e-farsi

The transformation of women's capital in the works of female writers from the sixties to the nineties

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran.
10.22034/jmzf.2026.582936.1272
Abstract
Since fiction writing in Iran began by following realism, stories and novels were considered the most appropriate literary formats in sociological studies, especially the sociology of literature. Also, given the inextricable link between women and the novel, as well as the influential role of women in the changes and developments in the genre in recent decades, the necessity of analyzing women's writings is more evident today than ever before. In this study, the position of female protagonists in four novels - published in the sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties, respectively - is examined in different fields. Using the theory of capital and the field of Pierre Bourdieu - the famous French sociologist - an attempt is made to present a clear picture of the status of women and the changes and developments in their lives from the perspective of famous female writers. The works examined include: Tuba and the Meaning of the Night (1988) by Shahrnush Parsipour, Island of Wandering (1993) by Simin Daneshvar, My Bird (2002) by Fariba Vafi, and Snail Day (2013) by Zahra Abdi. The reason for selecting the works is the centrality of women's lives in famous works by famous female writers in different decades of Iranian fiction. The results of the research show that most women's capital has been on an upward trend in these years, but the type of capital has been different.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 03 July 2026

  • Receive Date 25 January 2026
  • Revise Date 27 May 2026
  • Accept Date 02 July 2026