رواية المرأة العربية : التطور والقضايا الأساسية

Abstract

This paper studies a sample of novels written by Arab women writers and discussing women’s issues. It depends on the findings of narratology to reveal social, cultural, and political issues related to women’s causes. This paper pays attention to the phase of beginnings, and studies Amina Alsaeed’s The Willful Woman and the social adventures of the woman mentioned in the title of this novel. It also studies the novel The Mother of Kings which deviates from historical reality, and resorts to allusion and indirect references. In the last phase, issues have become numerous and direct, and this phase deals with the revolt of women. It shows a wider scope for bold novelistic treatment. The novels which belong to this phase include Dariah, A Rose Empty Shirt, Hallucinations, etc. The issues and causes discussed in the novels written by Arab women writers have crystalized over time. These writers have managed to express their important issues and causes in their novels.