Open AccessNawal El Saadawi and the Woman Question
Author(s) -
Iyabode Omolara Akewo Daniel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of english language and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2368-2132
DOI - 10.17722/jell.v2i1.27
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , sociology , orientation (vector space) , epistemology , gender studies , psychology , philosophy , mathematics , mathematics education , geometry
The society is a unit. The literature of many people reflects this reality. To an extent, Saadawi tries to do this in presenting the woman question in her two fictions here considered. It is however observed that she fails to reflect the truth holistically in her one dimensional characterisation structure. She whole-heartedly condemns the male characters and brazenly justifies the female ones. This paper is therefore a critique of her anti-sexist sexism. Not overlooking the fact that Saadawi’s concerns are real, the paper tries to show that the unit, which the society represents, consists of more than one sex. It thus calls for the mobilisation of such instruction avenues while not leaving the re-orientation of the whole social structure towards the equality of the sexes.