Women’s Marginalization in Postcolonial Fiction: Savushun and The Suns of Independence

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1 Department of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

2 Department of French Language and literature, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Letters, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

10.22059/jor.2024.369488.2488

Abstract

Postcolonial critique is a multidisciplinary approach that explores the political, cultural, and social contexts shaping literary production. One of its key axes involves interrogating identity and gender inferiority, with particular emphasis on the status of women in colonial and postcolonial societies. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak stands as a seminal figure in this field, foregrounding the conditions of lower-class women within patriarchal and imperial systems. This study examines The Suns of Independence by African author Ahmadou Kourouma and Savushun by Iranian writer Simin Daneshvar—two novels that offer parallel critiques of women's conditions across distinct geopolitical landscapes. By situating these texts within the cultural and political frameworks of African and Iranian societies, the research identifies shared thematic concerns amid divergent historical trajectories. Through a postcolonial lens, it reveals how female subalternity—marked by agency and passivity—emerges in response to the socio-political dynamics of each nation, tracing the evolution of women's identities in literature.

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Research in Contemporary World Literature

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Available Online from 28 July 2025

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