A portrait of a bride in Taufiq Rafat’s poem, Wedding in the Flood: a feminist analysis

Abstract

This study endeavors to analyze Taufiq Rafat’s poem Wedding in the Flood in the light of feminist theory. Feminist literary theory is difficult to define because feminism itself is difficult to define. The term feminism does not claim to account for all women’s experiences in exactly the same way because women have different experiences based on race, religion, sexual orientation, class, age, heritage, geographical location, physical appearance, etc. There is great diversity within feminism. However, this study shows how the women are easily suppressed, subjugated, and marginalized in the name of traditions and customs made by the male-dominating society to control the women. The whole poem revolves around a bride and elements like dowry. So, the main aim of this research is to find out to what extent Taufiq Rafat’s poem Wedding in the Flood corresponds to the principles of feminism in a patriarchal society.