The Woman and The Other in the Contemporary Yemeni Novel A Socio-Textual Study

Abstract

        This paper aimed to examine the relationship of women with the other and their voice in the contemporary Yemeni novel, from a socio-textual perspective, in four novels chosen as a sample for this investigation which are: Sana'i by Nadia Al-Kawkabani, A Land Without a Sky by Wagdi Al-Ahdal, American Coffee by Ahmed Zein, and It's the Sea by Ba’amer. The researcher focused in the study framework on the manifestations of the feminist and paternal sociolecte in the novels at the lexical and syntactic levels. The researcher also examined the narrative level on the modele actantiel and the conflict between feminist and paternal narrative programs, and the discourse of feminist sociolecte and the masculine’s in terms of connection and separation. The researcher also examined the manifestations of women’s voices in the contemporary Yemeni novel, which are four voices: the voice of the educated woman who rejects the existing situation, the voice of the educated woman who is reconciled with the existing situation, the voice of housewives, and the voice of the oppressed woman. The study concluded with the symbolic dimension of women in the contemporary Yemeni novel, in which they appear to be an objective symbol to the homeland