Zadjali, Safiya Hashim Hamsan Al <br/><br/>
A FEMINIST STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF ALICE  MUNRO’S SELECTED SHORT STORIES / 
SAFIYA HASHIM HAMDAN AL ZADJALI; SUPERVISOR: ASSOC. PROF. DR. BEHBOOD MOHAMMADZADEH 
 - v, 62 sheets;  31 cm.  Includes CD 
<br/><br/>Thesis (MA) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research English Language and Literature Department 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography (sheets 64-62) 
<br/><br/> ABSTRACT<br/>The study has manifested a feminist stylistic analysis based on the selected short <br/>stories written by Alice Munro. It can be said that the analysis based on the literary <br/>language and methods can be described as stylistic. Based on the analysis of the short<br/>stories written by Alica Munro it can be said that the writer has presented most of the <br/>stories from a feminist perspective. According to feminism, the existing society is a <br/>male dominated place in which the females have to struggle always to achieve their <br/>required rights. However, “The Boys and Girls” and “Walker Brothers Cowboy” have <br/>also been written by the researcher from the feminist approach and perspective. <br/>However, the entire research has been made based on the critical analysis on the <br/>writing styles and the perspectives of Munro. The fundamental aim and the objective <br/>of the researcher in conducting this particular research are to identify the contributions <br/>of the female writers especially up to the year 1960. Along with it, the researcher has <br/>also thought to analyse the writing styles of the feminist writers on the overall literary <br/>works and approaches. <br/>It has been found that before 1960, the idea or the perception of feminism and the <br/>feminist writers were not much popular in the society. In this context, it can be said <br/>that even in the literary field in spite of the presence of many female writers, male <br/>domination was evident. Therefore, the feminist approach of the writer in her short <br/>stories was exceptionally new to the then readers. Based on that, it can be said that the <br/>significance of this approach in the literary works of that period should be properly <br/>analysed so that it can identify the significance of the works. However, the reason and <br/>the significance of conducting this research lie in the fact of realising the importance <br/>of this approach and on the female psychology and its impact on the readers. The <br/>secondary method of data collection has been conducted by the researcher for this <br/>study. On the other hand, the collected data and information were analysed by the <br/>researcher with a thematic approach. <br/>Female psychology, their sufferings, struggles; breakdowns have been manifested in <br/>the short stories. However, after the analysis of the data it can be said that the feminist <br/>approach of the stories were introduced and became popular to some extent in the <br/>hands of Alice Munro with the help of smooth and lucid language that can easily attract <br/>the readers. <br/>Keywords: Alice Munro, Boys and Girls, Walker Brothers Cowboy, Female <br/>psychology 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Feminism in literature--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Language and languages--Style  --Dissertations, Academic