Document Type : Original Article
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1 Master in Russian Literature, Tehran University
2 Shahid Beheshti University
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Literary works and social issues are closely interrelated. By reading these works social nuance can also be examined and understood. Women and their status in different societies have always been among the most important issues throughout history. This paper aims to study the themes of sexuality and genderism in two short stories by Sadegh Hedayat, "The Woman Who Lost Her Husband" and Anton Chekhov, "The Lady with the Dog" to compare and examine the intellectual and literary relations between the two authors. In fact, through the combination of interdisciplinary Women's Studies and Literature, issues and questions are raised, which are the goals of both disciplines. For this purpose, by conducting directional content analysis we extracted, categorized, coded, and interpreted the gendered language's elements by the concepts of Paknahad Jabarouti's model and the fundamental values of feminism in both stories. Due to the abundance of gendered words in Hedayat's story, linguistically it is thoroughly gendered, and he has made good use of this tool to portray the patriarchal society of his day. However, in Chekhov's story, fewer gender-biased words are used, and as the end of the story approaches, the use of these words is reduced.
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