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Abstract The Concept of Feminism in Women’s Theatre as Manifested in The Major Plays of The British Playwright Caryl Churchill and The Egyptian Playwright Fathiya El-Assal: A Comparative Study . Comparative literature, , takes particular interest in the examination and comparison of different literary cultures. This thesis analyses the works of the British playwright, Caryl Churchill (1939-) and the Egyptian playwright, Fathiya El-Assal (1933), to compare how women’s oppression and women’s liberation are depicted in the plays of each. Chapter I, depicts the historical as well as the social influences of ”the feminist” movement women playwrights. It analyses the statures of women playwrights, and the theatre at large, before and after the rise and spread of the feminist-socialist movement. It also gives a full survey of the women playwrights and their plays both in the British and in the Egyptian theatre. Chapter II, provides a detailed critical analysis of the theme of oppression in three major plays of each dramatists. Chapter III, analyzes the theme of liberation in the plays of them. The conclusion reached proves and accounts for the scarcity of women playwrights in the Egyptian theatre. |