Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 14، number In Volume 3، June 2021 ، issue Number 61

Methods of Characterizing Women in Kermanshah Novels (Case study of the novels of The Last Migration, Gamasiab Has No Fish, This Street Have No Speed Bump)

Zohreh Khazaei: , Ali Gravand (Author in Charge), Hassan Soltani Kouhbanani

Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The study of the representation of the female face in contemporary novels is one of the important approaches of literary criticism in narrative and fiction works. The present study seeks to show the position of women in three novels of Kermanshah literary works.
METHODOLOGY: This article has descriptively-analytically analyzed the position and personality of women in the stories ahead.
FINDINGS: The authors of these stories process these characters by presenting the character and perspective of female characters, through narrative actions and how they overcome the tensions that have arisen.
CONCLUSION: The writers ignore the one-dimensional view of women and in addition to moving their characters away from stereotypical and traditional roles, they enter the field of political and social events to narrate a part of the region"s history and ruling cultural structure. The common denominator of all three novels is the choice of the female character to convey the theme and content of the story. The similarity of the novels in terms of the author"s point of view and the processing of characters in the choice of masculine actions, indicates the state of the cultural structure of the society that created them. Considering that the novels are selected from two male and one female authors, I notice differences in the processing of the characters.

Keyword
Kermanshah novel , Characterization techniques , Woman , Act

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