The Main Feminist Characters in Three Novels by Samiha Khurais

The present research aims to examine the salient features of the main feminist characters and some other minor characters in three novels by the Jordanian feminist novelist, Samiha Khurais: (Khishkhash, As-Sahan and Narah), out of strong conviction that the feminist writer is more capable at depicting the woman worlds and inner conflicts than men due to profound knowledge of woman. The research endeavors to distance itself as far as possible from the conventional classification of the woman character in the literature by making the female character in the above -mentioned novels to reveal themselves, far away from being framed in such away as to restrict their freedom or not to demonstrate their convert feelings . Prior to the applicational reading of the novels, the research presents a theoretical introduction comprising two parts; first the modem feminine narration written by feminine novelist in the Arab world has achieved significant leaps and tangible qualitative additions on the level of the artistic and semantic structures in shaping its discourse. This part also surveys a number viewpoints of the Arab critics , researchers and novelists , both men and women who are concerned with the narration accomplished by the feminists novels , and by corollary it intensively scrutinises certain phenomena and semantic features peculiar to this narration recurring in more than one novel .The second part denotes the status of the novelist experience, Samiha Khurais, and the critics' interest in her works. The research finally highlights the element of characterisation in the creative composition and the attitude of some the contemporary and ancient critics.