"Sept pierres pour la femme adultère" (2007) de Vénus Khoury-Ghatareprésentation de la condition féminine dans une société phallocratique et sclérosée par le poids de la tradition

  1. Virginia Iglesias Pruvost 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Journal:
Synergies Espagne

ISSN: 1961-9359

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 15

Pages: 221-232

Type: Article

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Abstract

This novel places us in an enigmatic Middle-Eastern village, where Noor awaits her punishment: victim of a rape, she is sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. A French woman on a humanitarian mission accompanies this poor lonely woman, who accepts her fate, stoically. Two antagonistic societies are represented through these characters: Noor embodies the woman subjected to Islamic laws, while the Parisian does not understand her impassiveness and decides to rebel in order to defend her rights. This article aims to analyse the way in which Vénus Khoury-Ghata exposes the immeasurable cultural gap that exists between Eastern and Western societies and the mutual incomprehension that results from it.

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