backgrounds: this study tries to detect gender stereotypes in the fictions of jalal-e al-e-ahmad (iranian writer). . gender stereotypes are defined as personal beliefs about gender differences in traits and behavior, largely attributable to socialization. in fact, gender stereotypes are fixed ideas about men’s and women’s traits and capabilities and how people should behave, based on their gend...

Review of Behnam Fomeshi, The Persian Whitman: Beyond a Literary Reception.

Literature, in addition to its aesthetic and artistic aspects, has always been a reflection of social and cultural realities and characteristics of its respective era and society. Sociological criticism is a relatively modern method in literary criticism. The method studies the structure and content of literary works and their relation to the structures and evolutions of the societies where the...

The article describes the use of folktales in courses on intercultural communication. It is based idea that globalisation has made competence a highly needed competence. Students can benefit from studying focused theories about culture and their application practice. Folktales are an excellent source texts originally transmitted oral tradition through history. They reflect values practices cult...

In Indonesia, a folk tale is used as medium of entertainment well teaching tool for children. Parents read folktales to their children at night. Folktales are in the text Indonesian lessons elementary education level. However, folktale suspected being gender-biased. Although there research on this subject, still little originating from Eastern Indonesia. Previous conducted focused western regio...