The purpose of this article was to extract the effective female-gender components in the style of the “Acacia's Alley” novel written by Raziyeh Tojar. According to preliminary results, these components were: female language, feminine affection and cultural i
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The purpose of this article was to extract the effective female-gender components in the style of the “Acacia's Alley” novel written by Raziyeh Tojar. According to preliminary results, these components were: female language, feminine affection and cultural issues related to women in this novel. The female language in this novel was characterized by the repetition of words or parts of sentences to stress the desired emotional sense. In this novel, most women refuse to use definitive words and their discourse was infused with a bit of prolongation. The presence of more than 298 color-related terms and the frequency of using different colors with their details in the language of novel’s characters has bestowed a feminine flavor to this novel. Moreover, the motherly affection represented one of the strongest forms of emotions in this novel. Underusing of curses emphasized its feminine style here, for reasons such as cultural and educational poverty of women in ambiguous situations, a tendency towards superstitions and folk beliefs had gained prominence. In this novel, there were various examples of cultural and social issues, which showed that women's social rights were not equal to men.
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