title: Woman and Yemen in Three Novels by Nadia al-Kawkabani (Yemen)
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metadata.value: Suvorov, Mikhail N.
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metadata.value: 2023-08-10T20:11:33Z
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metadata.value: 2023-08-10T20:11:33Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.value: Suvorov M. N. Woman and Yemen in Three Novels by Nadia al-Kawkabani (Yemen). Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2023, vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 88–99. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2023.106
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2023.106
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/43727
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metadata.value: Among scholars of literature, there is a discussion about whether modern Arab women write
  fiction differently from their male counterparts. Some argue that women writers have special
  concerns which result from their specific experiences in Muslim society and determine not
  only the thematic spectrum of their works, but also a specific, sometimes vague manner of
  their literary expression. This discussion is based mostly on the works of prominent women
  writers from Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, North Africa, sometimes Saudi Arabia and the
  Arab Gulf States. Yemen has not received much attention in this discussion, as well as in literary
  studies in general. This article examines to what extent the suggested female, or “feminist”,
  manner of writing is manifested in the works of Yemeni novelist and short story writer Nadia
  al-Kawkabani, who is one of the most prolific women writers in her country. In her three
  novels, Not More Than Love (2006), Submissive Wives (2009), and My Sanaa (2013), “feminist”
  topics are touched upon repeatedly, but practically none of them is represented by a detailed
  story with a sufficient degree of sentiment and psychologism. On the contrary, a great deal of
  attention in these novels is given to the culture and modern history of Yemen, and the narrative,
  like in many male writers’ works, is dominated by sociopolitical issues. One may argue
  that Yemen in Nadia al-Kawkabani’s novels prevails over the “feminist” issue.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 15; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Arab novel
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Yemen
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Nadia al-Kawkabani
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: feminism
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metadata.value: Woman and Yemen in Three Novels by Nadia al-Kawkabani (Yemen)
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metadata.value: Article
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