Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 16، number In Volume 3، June 2023 ، issue Number 85

Colorology of "Barvartar Az Bahar" in Feminist Criticism of "Elaine Showalter"

Bahare Taghipour , Mahmoud Firouzi Moghadam (Author in Charge), Hamidreza Sulaimanian , Ali Sadeghimanesh

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: One of the new topics in feminist criticism of literary works is the category of colorism. By examining the works of women poets and writers through the psychology of colors, one can understand their unconscious mental and linguistic structures; Invisible forces that appear in the works beyond the claim of the poet and writer. Therefore, in this research, the book "Baroter ez Behar" is evaluated by examining the components of color science together with the feminist criticism of Elaine Showalter. This book is a collection of poems by contemporary women poets, which the author wrote with the intention of showing the violation of women"s individual rights in the form of language.

METHODOLOGY: This essay has been done in a descriptive-analytical way using library studies based on psychological and feminist criticism.

FINDINGS: The use of the element of color in the book "More Fertile than Spring" in order to express women"s emotions and feelings has a high frequency. The colors that are used as "symbols" and "codes" are indicative of women"s biological and physical characteristics. These colors can be divided into psychological, biological, linguistic and cultural conceptual models, and their use in women"s works has been far more than men"s works in similar analyses.

CONCLUSION: Conclusion: The results of this research indicate that by relying on the deconstruction of the language form, a kind of feminine language can be achieved in the lower layers of the text; A language that has a masculine color in appearance and was created under the influence of a patriarchal environment in most cases; But in fact, it has a kind of feminist view in the concept of Showalter"s Jinocritisism.

Keyword
Colorology , feminism , Elaine Showalter , more fertile than spring

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