The abjection, the sublime in The guide to dying with medicinal plants by Atiyeh Attarzadeh (Study of abjection based on Julia Kristeva's approach)

Vesal, Matin; Arabi, Atiyeh

doi:10.30465/copl.2023.47016.4081

The abjection, the sublime in The guide to dying with medicinal plants by Atiyeh Attarzadeh (Study of abjection based on Julia Kristeva's approach)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Matin Vesal ¹
Atiyeh Arabi ²

¹ Assistant professor, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Department of French Language and Literature, Ahvaz, Iran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of French, Assistant Professor, Department of French Language, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.

10.30465/copl.2023.47016.4081

Abstract

Abjection is a psychoanalytical approach proposed by Julia Kristeva to analyze literary texts. According to this theory, mind and body are never separated from each other and this connection emerges more than anything in the process of identity formation, because this mental process is not limited to the perception of the subject or subject of the speaker of his psychological identity, but to complete it, The subject should define the boundaries of his pure and unique body. This is done by carefully distinguishing the subject from the object, the self from the other, the inside from the outside, and the pure from the impure, and the subject constantly reacts against the contaminated things that violate this wholeness. By studying the novel The guide to dying with medicinal plants by Atiyeh Attarzadeh, the present research examines the mental struggles of the main character of the story, who is a blind girl, and how she faces various types of contamination. The fictional world is full of dirty things and the main character is constantly involved in protecting his mental and physical identity. On the other hand, writing is an escape for the writer, who is the subject of the speaker, to project the polluted things that threaten his mentality, thus polluted literature finds a purifying role.

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