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    A comparative study of medusa and Shireen from “the bull and the she devil” by Zaib un Nisa Hamidullah
    (UMT, Lahore, 2020) Kohenoor Khan
    This paper intends to compare the character of Shireen from “The Bull and The She Devil” with the mythical character of Medusa. Under the concept of Ecriture Feminine presented by the feminist theorist Helene Cixous in her 1975 essay “The Laugh of Medusa”, this paper further intends to explore how women’s writing can change the narratives in male dominant literature. The major focus of the research is Cixous's ideas on the deconstruction of Lacanian phallus by reclaiming women’s subject position in the center. It aims to discuss the center, signifiers and their effects on male and female subject position i.e. men in the center and women at the fringes. It further intends to compare the signifiers of Shireen with the signifiers of Medusa. The speaking eyes and smile of Shireen work as the laughter of Medusa which symbolize the destruction of male-dominant writing arena through female narratives. Moreover, this qualitative research is the study of the preconceived notions and their ambiguity regarding South Asian women's role as wife and a female writer. With respect to their colonial history, the struggle against Lacanian phallus becomes stronger as they stand outside the fringes of the center.