Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• saeed saghei ¹
• aliasghr kia ²
• reza saberii ²

¹ Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. Faculty of Communication

² Allameh Tabataba’I University, Tehran, Iran. Faculty of Communication

Abstract

The literary works of prominent writers who represent the inherent relations of the society can be taken as important reports and narratives that provide the society’s intellectual matter and analysis of these works can pave the way toward the understanding of the fundamental components of the society such as social status and gender. In some of his well-known stories including Boof-e Koor (the Blind Owl), Alaviyeh Khanoom, Seh Ghatreh Khoon (Three Blood Drops), Aroosak-e Posht-e Pardeh (the Doll behind the Curtain), and Zani ke Mardash ra Gom Kard (A Woman who Lost her Husband), Hedayat addresses the issue of women and gender in the society. The present study performs a qualitative content analysis of Zani ke Mardash ra Gom Kard to explore the social status of the female gender and how it is affected by human communications. The results suggest that, by highlighting the role of human communications in the formation of women’s social status, Hedayat has provided a detailed description of their problems which is still valid in our society. According to Hedayat, unless the society solves these problems, the women will be silently victimized by their tragic presence in the society. Finally, we shall illustrate our findings more tangibly through tables and graphs.

Keywords

• human communications
• Hedayat
• social status
• woman