Thulfiqar Abdulameer Sulaiman Alhmdni
Ministry of Education, Open Educational College, Najaf Governorate, Iraq.

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Improvisation and Radical Objectivization Identities in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber: A Lacanian Reading Thulfiqar Abdulameer Sulaiman Alhmdni
Randwick International of Social Science Journal Vol. 4 No. 4 (2023): RISS Journal, October
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47175/rissj.v4i4.824

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This research applies Lacanian psychoanalysis to scrutinize the use of improvisation and radical objectivization in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber. Drawing on Lacan's theory of the "mirror stage," the work argues that Carter's use of these literary techniques disrupts the reader's sense of identity and challenges their preconceived notions of self and other. Through close analysis of key passages from the text, the research demonstrates how Carter's use of these techniques creates a sense of alienation and fragmentation in the reader, as they are forced to confront the unsettling and often disturbing aspects of the stories. The work also explores how Lacan's concept of the "phallus" is invoked in Carter's work, as she challenges traditional gender roles and subverts the dominant male gaze through the use of powerful female protagonists. Further, it maintains that Carter's use of these techniques, offers a powerful critique of patriarchal norms and invites the reader to engage with the complex and often contradictory nature of identity and desire. By disrupting traditional fairy tale tropes and challenging patriarchal norms, Carter invites the reader to engage with the complex and often unsettling nature of identity and desire, and offers a powerful critique of the ways in which these concepts are shaped and constructed by dominant cultural narratives.
Dissatisfaction Desires and Deterioration Loneliness in Ernest Hemingway’s Cat in the Rain Thulfiqar Abdulameer Sulaiman Alhmdni
Randwick International of Social Science Journal Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): RISS Journal, April
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47175/rissj.v5i2.967

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Like many great writers, Ernest Hemingway used short stories as a new genre of the 20th-century literature to comprehend human psychics in America after the first world war. Hemingway was worried about what could be called the effect of war on human desires. This research will study the dissatisfaction and isolation due to the consequences of war ghosts on Americans in a very short story, Cat in the Rain. The tactic could not be biographical but it depends on human dissatisfaction towards each other. This short story was written when the author was spending the holiday at a hotel in Italy with his lovely wife, gradually becoming alienated to Hadley (his wife). Oddly enough, the story displays a most insensitive spouse, on the other hand, the writer describes himself as extremely serious of masculine old-style satisfaction. The story can be understood as an essential notion in which a woman begins enquiring about her desires and wishes with no responses by the husband who prefers the material objects rather than spiritual ones. The dissatisfaction and alienation affected his lifestyle and way of living, through this story. The researcher is going to focus on the disharmony among spouses and the consequences of the deterioration of the war on Americans. This study reveals the crucial women’s needs while her husband spent most of his time away of the wife desires indifferent.