The Reflection of Feminist Ideas and Aesthetics in the Creation of Art and Literary Works

The feminist movement with its assertion to defend women's rights is one of the most controversial topics of the modern era that has evolved widely in recent decades in a variety of contexts. Today, feminist theory is a collection of intellectual minds, political parties, and all genera of mental and behavioral tendencies of women that have been incorporated into various fields, including works of art and literature. The challenge has constantly existed in the history of art and aesthetics to recognize women's power in the creation of art and literary works and to emphasize the fact that women's artistic creativity has been overlooked throughout history. Therefore, this movement has employed various strategies in the creation of these works and has attempted to emerge with the introduction of feminist thoughts and ideologies. Among the feminist tendencies that have had a significant impact on the art of contemporary Iranian artists is the postmodernist intellectual trend. A new door has been opened to reflect feminist thought in Iranian art and literature. Hence, through a descriptive method and by the use of library research, this paper seeks to study and analyze feminist approaches in aesthetic features of women’s artistic and literary artwork. The results of this study show the profound effects of feminist thinking on the phenomenology of postmodernism in art and literature, more evident in the works of contemporary artists.