The Development of Story Writing among Kurdish and Persian Women Writers

Abstract

The present study is historical-comparative research entitled "The Development of Short Story Writing among Kurdish and Persian Women Writers," tracing the evolution from its early emergence to its development and advancement. The study is divided into three sections. The first section presents an introduction that encompasses the significance, objectives, problems, and methodology of the research. The second section is dedicated to the stages of short story emergence by women writers in Kurdish literature, which are examined through the phases of initiation, development, and advancement; the characteristics and features of each stage are detailed, and reference is made to the story writers of each respective phase. As for the second part of the study, the developmental stages of Persian women's short stories are similarly identified; they are categorized across three phases: "initiation and continuation, and the contemporary era," with the characteristics and features of each stage determined, and the leading figures and pioneers of women short story writers in each phase are referenced. Throughout the research process, relying on the historical-comparative method, the developmental stages of short stories in both Kurdish and Persian literatures have been analyzed; it emerges that the nature of short story development in both literatures shares significant commonalities due to regional and cultural proximity. Among these similarities, the initiation of women's short story writing in both literatures followed in the footsteps of men's writing and is termed the imitation phase. In the second stage, they increasingly sought their feminine identity, while the third stage represents the phase of advancement and the emergence of feminine writing in both literatures.