| Summary: | The title of this study is "The Image of Egyptian Women: Overview
of Feminist Literary Criticism Against The Novel �Wa Nasītu Annī Imra'ah�
written by Ihs�n Abdul Quddūs. This study relies on an issue, that is the
image of women in The Novel �Wa Nasītu Annī Imra'ah�. This novel raised
the issue of gender in relation to the power of the patriarchal world that still
dominates Arab society with a social portrait of Egyptian background.
The study theoretically aims at describing and revealing the image of
women in the 1952 post-revolutionary in Egypt which covers subordination,
stereotyping, and injustice images. In addition, it describes the feminist
formula in the novel that provides insight for gender conscious. Practically
this study aims to broaden the reader that women have equal capacity with
men, if they are given the same rights and opportunities
In this study, the image of women is diclosured by using a
qualitative feminist literary criticism that type of collected data is qualitative
in nature. The stages of study consist of critical reading of the defined
object, collecting and analysing data and drawing conclusions.
The results show that the image of women in the Arab-Egyptian
culture, which is based on the culture of patriarchy is considered as
stigmatized creature remains in the domestic sphere. Women should stay at
home, take care of kitchen, raise children, do not need highly educated, and
active in the public sphere.
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