The Effect of Female and Male Writing on the Narration on Love and the Unfinished Lady and Shahrbanoo’s Honeymoon (A Comparative Stady)

Document Type : Original Article

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1 .A. Student in Persian Language and Literature, Humanities & Physical Education, Gonbad-e Kavous University, Gonbad-e Kavous, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor in Persian Language and Literature, Humanities & Physical Education, Gonbad-e Kavous University, Gonbad-e Kavous, Iran

3 Associate Professor of Persian Lnguage and Literature, Humanities & Physical Education, Gonbad-e Kavous University, Gonbad-e Kavous, Iran

Abstract

One of the worth-mentioning matters in the style and prose of the fiction is the style of writing. Linguistic studies have been discussed, especially in feminism” the feminine writing style, and its differences with masculine writing. The study aims to compare the impact of feminine and feminine writing on the elements of the “plot,” “personality” and “dialogue in the novels Love and Unfinished Lady and Shahrbanoo’s Honeymoon by Amirhassan Cheheltan and Mahshid Amirshahy.This paper is conducted by the library research methodology, information gathering, and adaption of a masculine and a feminine writers’ wor. Overview of the study shows the difference between masculine and feminine writing and its impact on the type of narrative. Amirhassan Cheheltan follows a masculine style of writing and uses characters with a small number and very short and small dialogues and the details has no place in dealing with them; Unlike him, Mahshid Amirshahy is a feminine writer whose fiction is full of different characters. The dialogues of the characters of Amirshahshahy’s fiction are long and detailed. It also has a vague, complex way out of the frame; while Amirshahshahy has a feminine way and adheres to the order and the plot.
Introduction:
One of the rudimentary concerns in studying the style of writers, especially female writers, is their writing style, which has also been the focus of linguists. Gender in language is one of the topics that linguistic studies have addressed. Likaf considers women to have a weak language and believes that this weak language is formed due to their social status and different learning (Likaf, 1398: 68-60). These language differences are the result of gender differences.
Seldon and Widdowson argue that women write differently, not because they are psychologically different from men, but because they have a different social position. Also, they believe that women are attacked by language because of the dominance that men have over language, and as a result, women fight against men's language and men's dominance (Seldon and Widdowson, 1397: 296-301).Feminists believe that their language and writing style are also different because of the different moods and views of women and men. In the current research, the characteristics of four novels byMahshid Amirshahi and Amirhasan Cheheltan are investigated in order to reveal the impact of gender on the way of narration, dialogue and plot in these two writers. Love and Unfinished Lady by Amir Hassan Cheheltan and Honeymoon of Shahr Bano by Mahshid Amir Shahi are the case studies of this research.
Methodology:
This study id done by descriptive and analytical method. For this purpose, the data is collected from the novels, then data ghatered will be classified and analyzed based on the theoretical framework of the article and the three factors ofcharacterization, plot and dialogue.
Results and Discussion:
Chehletan and Amirshahi are completely influenced by their gender in using story elements. Cheltan's attitude is based on generalism, but Amirshahi's is based on partialism.
Cheheltan writes long texts and complexitys but Amirshahi writes with short Sentences. The Characterization, dialogue and plot are complex and ambiguous in Cheheltan, but simple and linear in Amirshahi. Cheheltan's attitude towards women is traditional and conforms to the patriarchal system, but Amirshahi has a critical and modern attitude towards women.
Conclusion:
The analysis of the novels Love and Unfinished Lady and Sharbanoo’s honeymoon showed that Cheheltan disrupts the order of the plot and uses suspense and disrupting the time sequence in the narration. He narrates in way of Stream of consciousness.
Cheheltan also uses the Stream of consciousness in characterization and dialogue. Most of these characters advance the story by reviewing their memories and internal conversations. On the other hand, in Amir Shahi’s novel the plot is simple and linear. The element of dialogues is in proportion with their characters and their inner thoughts, and it is generally used as a direct quote and away from any ambiguity. Cheheltan shows the behavior of men and women according to the predetermined pattern of the society. Accordingly, women are usually dominated by men. Amirshahi writes completely differently from Cheheltan and does not only use women in the home and family, but allows them to enter the larger society and external affairs of the home, and portrays all the secrets related to their femininity.
 

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Research in Narrative Literature
Volume 13, Issue 3 - Serial Number 49
September 2025
Pages 67-96

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