The Female Characters in the Novels of Amir Hassan Chehelten and Ali Badr

The character is one of the most essential features of the novel, which in conjunction with other features forms the novel. The female characters and their concerns, problems, physical and spiritual aspects have been taken into consideration in the writings of many novelists, and depending on the political, social, and cultural conditions of each country in different periods of time, several images of women have been illustrated by novelists. Accordingly, Amir Hassan Cheheltan and Ali Badr, two Iranian and Iraqi novelists, have portrayed pictures of the women of their communities. This paper tries to compare female characters and to study their similarities and differences in Chehletan and Badr's novels, based on American and Slavic schools of comparative literature. Servant women, political and social activists, academicians, and victims are the most prominent female characters in both authors' novels. The study examines the similarities and dissimilarities of the characters in many aspects, such as servants' bonds with masters, education and carrier, and levels of political and social activism, rooted in similar social and political conditions in both Iran and Iraq.