The Undergraduate Research Journal
Abstract
The research attempts to discover what Egyptian women prisoners’ experience was like in the 1980s and 90s through studying two major texts which fall under the genre of prison literature: Twelve Women in a Cell by Nawal El Saadawi and The Golden Chariot by Salwa Bakr. Through a thorough reading and analysis of the works, similar tropes and different attitudes can be found in the texts. Both works discussed class, comradery, and the patriarchy but differences exist when it comes to their different portrayals of prison.
Document Type
Essay
Department
English & Comparative Literature Department
Recommended Citation
El Captan, Nour
(2023)
"Narrating Egyptian Women’s Prison Experiences - El Saadawi and Bakr,"
The Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 9, Article 8.
Available at:
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/urje/vol9/iss1/8
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