Language, Women and Discourse in Toni Morrison’s Fiction
The present study, grounded in the qualitative research paradigm, is an interpretive and explanatory analysis of Toni Morrison's fiction from the critical perspective of post structuralist feminist literary theory and fiction. In my reading of Toni Morrison's fiction as the manifestation/materialization of the knowledge in terms of discursive (re)configuration of women and to analyze their works from "feminine sentence" perspective, I have used Feminist poststructuralist theories in the discourse-theoretical/methodological background. As part of the methodology, this project draws extensively upon feminist theories, particularly those propounded by French Feminists Helene Cixous and Julia Kristeva, which I have used in the backdrop of discourse analysis methods proposed by Michel Foucault. This fusion of Feminist theories as a theoretical framework and discourse analysis as a methodology has illuminated systematically the process of the discursive formation, dissemination, and institutionalization of the knowledge about women. For my analysis of the discourse spectrum of the texts-to-be-analyzed, I have used extensively Foucault's notions about discourse and knowledge as discussed comprehensively in his books, articles, and interviews.
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Language, Women, Discourse Analysis, Toni Morrison, French Feminist.
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(1) Mumtaz Ahmad
Assistant Professor of English, Government Guru Nanak Postgraduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Umar Hayat
Lecturer in English, Government Guru Nanak Postgraduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Nasir Iqbal
Lecturer in English, Government Guru Nanak Postgraduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ahmad, M., Hayat, U., & Iqbal, N. (2019). Language, Women and Discourse in Toni Morrison’s Fiction. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(I), 425-431. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).55
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CHICAGO : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Umar Hayat, and Nasir Iqbal. 2019. "Language, Women and Discourse in Toni Morrison’s Fiction." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I): 425-431 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).55
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HARVARD : AHMAD, M., HAYAT, U. & IQBAL, N. 2019. Language, Women and Discourse in Toni Morrison’s Fiction. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 425-431.
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MHRA : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Umar Hayat, and Nasir Iqbal. 2019. "Language, Women and Discourse in Toni Morrison’s Fiction." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 425-431
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MLA : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Umar Hayat, and Nasir Iqbal. "Language, Women and Discourse in Toni Morrison’s Fiction." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.I (2019): 425-431 Print.
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OXFORD : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Hayat, Umar, and Iqbal, Nasir (2019), "Language, Women and Discourse in Toni Morrison’s Fiction", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I), 425-431
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TURABIAN : Ahmad, Mumtaz, Umar Hayat, and Nasir Iqbal. "Language, Women and Discourse in Toni Morrison’s Fiction." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. I (2019): 425-431. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).55