The relationship of language and gender in the contemporary Persian novels: A study of six works

• Published in: زن در فرهنگ و هنر Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 543 - 556
• Main Authors: Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Maryam Dehghani
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Persian
• Published: Center for Women and Family Studies, University of Tehran 01.01.2014
• Subjects: feminine writing; gender; persian novel; stylistics

This research deals with the differences in the writings of male and female authors in the contemporary Persian novels, and employs Lakoff's (1975) linguistic approach to reach this objective. The main aim of this work is to make sure if the factor of gender may lead to differences in methods o...