Aliu, Mirhat (2026) IDENTITETI FEMËROR DHE KONTRASTI KULTUROR NË PYGMALION DHE KATËRMBËDHJET VJEÇ DHËNDËR. ALBANOLOGJIA International Journal of Albanology, 13 (25-26). pp. 252-256.
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Abstract
Female identity plays an important role across social, cultural and communicative dimensions. This study offers a comparative feminist analysis of female identity in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion and Andon Zako Çajupi’s Katërmbëdhjet Vjeç Dhëndër, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which gender and power intersect to shape women’s roles, autonomy, and social positioning in early 20th century Britain and Albania. The study is based on significant ideas from-well known writers of English and Albanian scholars which examines these two texts portraying traditional ideas regarding women, and showing where they support or challenge them. Through a cultural contrast, the analysis examines the treatment of women in these distinct societies, revealing both shared patriarchal challenged and divergent socio-ideological contexts. Pygmalion examines the transformation of Eliza Doolittle through language, education, and class mobility, highlighting tensions between female autonomy and patriarchal authority. Conversely, Katërmbëdhjet Vjeç Dhëndër offers a satirical critique of Albanian patriarchy through the culture practice of child marriage, exposing the passivity imposed on women in rigid traditional system. Using a comparative literary methodology, the study investigates how female characters resist, negotiate, or remain confined by gender norms and male-dominated power structures. The study also further reflects on how these portrayals resonate or differ from contemporary gender dynamics, offering insight into the evolving role of women within their cultural contexts. By bridging a canonical Western text, and a culturally significant Albanian work, the research contributes to feminist comparative literary and cross-cultural gender studies, providing both universal and context-specific perspectives on female identity under patriarchy. Ultimately, it deepens understanding of women's construction and significance within these cultural frameworks, exploring the extent to which women gain freedom to think, speak, and act in defense of their rights.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email zshi@unite.edu.mk |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2026 11:41 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2026 11:41 |
| URI: | http://eprints.unite.edu.mk/id/eprint/2529 |
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