북아프리카와 터키 여성문학 연구

Abstract

In this thesis, I start to trace the literary history of North African-Arab and Turkish women from the nineteenth century to the present and review the effect of the historical circumstances to the Arab and Turkish literature. In the conclusion, the followings are as results; One of the characteristics of the Arabic literature in twentieth-century is that men and women have generally written from different perspectives. While the men have in general remained in closer touch with political reality, the women write of human relationships and of the turbulence of emotions. The Arab world may not give many chances to women writers to express their opinions because Arab society still remains a man's world. However in spite of these bad circumstances, perhaps it is literary activities that Arab women have made themselves most heard. Although poetry occupies a prominent place in Arab's culture, women have contributed some of the most outstanding novels and short stories to date. Among the well-known names of women writers in this field of creative writing are Salwa Bakr of Egypt, Zubayda Bashir of Tunisia, Khannatha Bannuna of Morocco, Assia Djebar of Algeria and Halide Edip Adivar of Turkey. Voices of Arab women related to improve their social and legal status and their liberation from all oppressions and to search for their identity have been successful to a limited extent in changing societies. But nobody can minimize the endeavor and progress Arab and Turkish women have achieved.