Gender Representation In Razhaye Sarzamine Man

In this essay، the novel Raz''haye Sarzamine Man (The Mysteries of My Land) has been analyzed due to the issues of gender representation، using the critical discourse analysis methods and Simone de Beauvoir''s notion of gender. This، has led to the conclusion that portraying female characters in this novel، has two significant aspects: first، the Transformation of binary opposition of Innocent Girl/Prostitute (Athiry /Lakkateh) that has been illustrated by Hedayat، into Revolutionary Mother/ Royal Prostitute in this novel; and second، the emphasize placed on the political role of women in the Islamic Revolution of Iran، the importance of this role، and the portrayal of these women as powerful، visionary and open mind characters. Here، the hidden ideology of the text، has changed the problem of women and presumptions and judgments about them into a political and class-related one and so، has effected the writer''s concept of the history. It has been shown here also that the metaphor of the homeland as mother has shaded the text in the form of a mythical thought.