The oppression of women in gender issue is one of important issues in contemporary Moroccan history (1912–1956). Driss Chraïbi conveys a resistance through the novel La Civilisation, ma Mère!… (1972) against the oppression, inferiority and pessimism of Moroccan women during the French colonization period. This article discusses the construction of gender from the male perspective in La Civilisation, ma Mère!… through the focalization of “I” who represents two sons of the mother in the novel. The method used is structural analysis with Gérard Genette’s theory of narratology and Stuart Hall’s concept of identity. The finding of this article shows how gender constructed through the perspective of two sons displays a criticism against patriarchal discourse. The criticism symbolizes men’s narratives of woman who opposed the traditional Moroccan norms at the time and supports the presence of a woman as the force in society.

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