A Feminist Reading of Patriarchy in Bahram Beyzai’s Selected Plays

Subject Areas : journal of literary criticism and stylistics research

raziyeh shayanmehr ¹ , ali dehghan ² , naser dashtpeyma ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری زبان و ادبیات فارسی، واحد تبریز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تبریز، ایران.
2 - دانشیار گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، واحد تبریز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تبریز، ایران. (نویسنده مسئول)
3 - استادیار گروه زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی، واحد تبریز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تبریز، ایران.

Received: 2020-07-08 Accepted : 2020-07-08 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: woman, Drama, Feminism, Patriarchy, Beyzai,

Abstract :

Feminists believe that in a male-dominated society men are in authority over women. According to Feminists, the causes of women’s subversion in the patriarchal society are men’s access to power structures, the unequal distribution of social privileges and inappropriate relations between men and women. Patriarchy is a notable issue in literary texts. Bahram Beyzaie is one of authors. He writes plays, and one of the main issues of his plays is gender inequality and differences in women and men’s roles. The purpose of this paper is to explore the position of female characters in the patriarchal world of Bahram Beyzai’s  "The Death of Akbar and Her One Thousand and One Nights" plays have been explored through a descriptive- analytical approach. This study shows that abuse of women, alienation from women, suppression of self-esteem, security and identity challenges, otherness, etc., are signs and factors of patriarchy.