Sex-typed or Androgynous

Gender Representations in One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences and The Blind Assassin

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ID6147772
AuthorsMorteza Pouzesh Shirazi (Islamic Azad University of Shiraz), Bahee Hadaegh (0000-0001-5264-7680, Shiraz University)
Year2024
Volume22
Issue3-4
Pages357-368
Publication date2024-11-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHawwa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-2078 • E-ISSN: 1569-2086
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15692086-12341426
OpenAlexW4404724710
LanguageEN
References cited8

Although the gender landscape has been experiencing a significant amount of change and flexibility in many parts of the world over the past few decades, societal messages regarding gender roles and expectations can still remain conventional. It is likely that such a perplexing paradox becomes reinforced while portraying male or female characters in fiction. Inspired by Sandra Bem’s gender schema theory introduced in 1981, this research aims to examine gender representations in the protagonists of two novels, namely The Blind Assassin and One Sentence Is Ten Thousand Sentences. Iris Chase and Yung Baishun (Wu Moxi) are analyzed according to a modified version of The Bem Sex-Role Inventory ( BRSI ) to see whether they’re sex-typed (masculine or feminine) or androgynous. The results calculated in an “androgyny ratio” ( AR ) indicate that while Atwood’s character is marked as feminine, Yung Baishun is characterized as androgynous according to BRSI

Linguistics · Sentence · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Philosophy · Psychology

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