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<p style="text-align:justify;">This paper explored&nbsp;the role of the narrator's gender in teaching literary texts that Ahlam Mosteghanemi’s&nbsp;makes use of gender in her literary work. This quantitative-qualitative study&nbsp;includes only one novel “Memory in the Flesh” (2008) first published in 1985 as&nbsp;its main sample. This paper argues that the shift in the gender of the narrator&nbsp;in “Memory in the Flesh” employs the aesthetic elements of the narrative to&nbsp;stimulate the thinking skills of the language’s learner in similar situations&nbsp;as assumed by the Gestalt shift concept. The Gestalt theory as the theoretical&nbsp;framework enhances EFL learners to analyse the real identities of the narrators&nbsp;in relation to gender. In doing so, the research constructs a theoretical&nbsp;framework out of two main standpoints: One of the male narrator and the other&nbsp;of the female narrator which are linked to the gender roles in the narration.&nbsp;These learning strategies are used in teaching literary texts for postgraduate&nbsp;students in EFL contexts. This research used two instruments: semi-structured&nbsp;interviews and textual analysis. This mixed-method (quantitative – qualitative)&nbsp;study used only one novel "Memory in the Flesh" (2008) first published&nbsp;in 1985 as its main date.&nbsp; The findings&nbsp;of the study showed that the use of the Gestalt pattern in reading the literary&nbsp;text "Memory in Flesh" as a case, with concern to the role of the&nbsp;narrator's gender improves the thinking skills of the EFL learner and interpretation&nbsp;abilities. This research recommends that further future research be conducted&nbsp;to investigate gender aspect in relevant literary works.</p>

The Gestalt Shift: The Role of the Narrator’s Gender in Teaching Literary Texts

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