Power, Patriarchy and Resistance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novel “The Power” by Naomi Alderman
This research discusses the power, patriarchy, and resistance themes in Naomi Alderman's novel The Power (2016) using Fairclough's three-dimensional model of Critical Discourse Analysis (2005). Even though it is fiction, the novel mirrors actual gender relations. The study explores how power functions in patriarchal societies and how women challenge it, examining how language creates and alters gender identities. Six statements in the novel are data for analysis. The results are that patriarchy is naturally connected to power, which is applied to construct and reconstruct identities. The research identifies the ways in which resistance occurs due to oppression, as it shows that resistance is what changes the way people respond to injustice. Finally, it maintains that power is a key instrument in portraying and challenging gender roles, giving more knowledge of how discourse constrains and subverts structures in society.
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Patriarchy, Power, Resistance, Society, Culture, Critical Discourse Analysis
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(1) Shaiza Aslam
MPhil Scholar, Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Nazia Anwar
Lecturer, Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Isha Razzaq Butt
MPhil Scholar, Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
Cite this article
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APA : Aslam, S., Anwar, N., & Butt, I. R. (2025). Power, Patriarchy and Resistance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novel “The Power” by Naomi Alderman. Global Sociological Review, X(II), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2025(X-II).03
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CHICAGO : Aslam, Shaiza, Nazia Anwar, and Isha Razzaq Butt. 2025. "Power, Patriarchy and Resistance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novel “The Power” by Naomi Alderman." Global Sociological Review, X (II): 23-33 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2025(X-II).03
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HARVARD : ASLAM, S., ANWAR, N. & BUTT, I. R. 2025. Power, Patriarchy and Resistance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novel “The Power” by Naomi Alderman. Global Sociological Review, X, 23-33.
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MHRA : Aslam, Shaiza, Nazia Anwar, and Isha Razzaq Butt. 2025. "Power, Patriarchy and Resistance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novel “The Power” by Naomi Alderman." Global Sociological Review, X: 23-33
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MLA : Aslam, Shaiza, Nazia Anwar, and Isha Razzaq Butt. "Power, Patriarchy and Resistance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novel “The Power” by Naomi Alderman." Global Sociological Review, X.II (2025): 23-33 Print.
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OXFORD : Aslam, Shaiza, Anwar, Nazia, and Butt, Isha Razzaq (2025), "Power, Patriarchy and Resistance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novel “The Power” by Naomi Alderman", Global Sociological Review, X (II), 23-33
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TURABIAN : Aslam, Shaiza, Nazia Anwar, and Isha Razzaq Butt. "Power, Patriarchy and Resistance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novel “The Power” by Naomi Alderman." Global Sociological Review X, no. II (2025): 23-33. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2025(X-II).03