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A FEMINIST STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISATION IN DORIS LESSINGS A WOMAN ON A ROOF

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).35      10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).35      Published : Sep 2019

A Feminist Stylistic Analysis of Characterisation in Doris Lessings A Woman on a Roof

Abstract

    In her book Feminist Stylistics, Sara Mills (1995) argues that characters in texts are not simulacra of humans. They are merely words which represent men and women in accordance with stereotypes that are found in society. This study takes up D. Lessings short story A Woman on a Roof (1963/1990) and looks at the characterisation in it by using Mills model (1995) at the level of discourse. The aim of the study is to find out whether the representation of male and female characters in this story is gendered or not. The results of the study show that female characters are represented negatively while the male characters are represented positively. On the basis of these findings, it is recommended that these representational practices need to change in order to bring about a change in the thinking of the people.

    Feminist Stylistics, Gender, Stereotypes, Characters.

    (1) Abdul Qayyum
    PhD Scholar,Department of English,University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Mujib Rahman
    Professor, Department of English, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Henna Gul Nisar
    Lecturer, IBMS,The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Qayyum, A., Rahman, M., & Nisar, H. G. (2019). A Feminist Stylistic Analysis of Characterisation in Doris Lessings A Woman on a Roof. Global Regional Review, IV(III), 309-316. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).35

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    CHICAGO : Qayyum, Abdul, Mujib Rahman, and Henna Gul Nisar. 2019. "A Feminist Stylistic Analysis of Characterisation in Doris Lessings A Woman on a Roof." Global Regional Review, IV (III): 309-316 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).35

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    HARVARD : QAYYUM, A., RAHMAN, M. & NISAR, H. G. 2019. A Feminist Stylistic Analysis of Characterisation in Doris Lessings A Woman on a Roof. Global Regional Review, IV, 309-316.

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    MHRA : Qayyum, Abdul, Mujib Rahman, and Henna Gul Nisar. 2019. "A Feminist Stylistic Analysis of Characterisation in Doris Lessings A Woman on a Roof." Global Regional Review, IV: 309-316

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    OXFORD : Qayyum, Abdul, Rahman, Mujib, and Nisar, Henna Gul (2019), "A Feminist Stylistic Analysis of Characterisation in Doris Lessings A Woman on a Roof", Global Regional Review, IV (III), 309-316

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    TURABIAN : Qayyum, Abdul, Mujib Rahman, and Henna Gul Nisar. "A Feminist Stylistic Analysis of Characterisation in Doris Lessings A Woman on a Roof." Global Regional Review IV, no. III (2019): 309-316. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).35