Writing as a woman
Uploaded by amany kamal on May 26, 2006
[size=18:b738bb1693][color=violet:b738bb1693]Writing as a woman is logically different from writing as a man for a number of reasons. The various biological, cultural, experimental, and physical factors are one reason, so women have a psychology and a biology that is different from men's one. Besides, women who live pariarchal societies do write differently too, and as we all know, such societies neglect women and oppress them. All these circumstances led many women to write within the constrain of patriarchy
Therefore, it is not strange when we hear that some female writeres wrote their literary works under fictious names. For instance, Mary Ann Evans, in order to coceal her gender used a name of a man which is George Eliot. Emily Bronty too used the name Ellias Bill for the same purpose. Thus, when we are reading for a female writer we expect her to be describinf women being compasstionate, kindhearted, .....etc.However, when it comes to men, they are to ne : powerful,knowledgable, strong...
In order to tell whether a certain text was written by a man or a woman he has to try answering thase questins:1- Is the language used by women different from that used by men? 2- Is the text narrated by a female or a male?3- What type of role do women have in the text? 4- Are the female characters major or minor? 5- Do any sterotypical characteristics appear?6- What are the attitudes towards women?
So, by answering these questions we can tell whether the text we handle was written by a man or a woman?[/color:b738bb1693][/size:b738bb1693]