Deconstructive Analysis Of The Short Story “Saleema” By Daniyal Mueenuddin

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-125
Author(s):  
Omama Tanvir ◽  
Nazish Amir
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Male Character ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Power And Authority

The aim of this research is to apply deconstructive approach to a short story. For this purpose Daniyal Mueenuddin’s short story “Saleema” is selected and analyzed. Through deconstruction the feminist reading of the story is dismantled and the power dynamics of the patriarchal Pakistani society are subverted. The research is anchored in Derrida’s concept of unreliability of language and Cuddon’s idea of reversal of binary oppositions. The paper finds that the protagonist Saleema is not as weak and oppressed as she is perceived to be, rather she is a resilient, independent woman who uses any means possible to get what she wants. The power and authority reside with her and not with any male character. The study is purely qualitative and exploratory in nature.

Deconstructive Analysis Of The Short Story “Saleema” By Daniyal Mueenuddin

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Male Character ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Power And Authority

The aim of this research is to apply a deconstructive approach to a short story. For this purpose, Daniyal Mueenuddin’s short story “Saleema” is selected and analyzed. Through deconstruction, the feminist reading of the story is dismantled and the power dynamics of the patriarchal Pakistani society are subverted. The research is anchored in Derrida’s concept of the unreliability of language and Cuddon’s idea of reversal of binary oppositions. The paper finds that the protagonist Saleema is not as weak and oppressed as she is perceived to be, rather she is a resilient, independent woman who uses any means possible to get what she wants. The power and authority reside with her and not with any male character. The study is purely qualitative and exploratory in nature. Keywords: Deconstruction, Post-structuralism, Feminism, Daniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, Saleema

scholarly journals Deconstructive Analysis Of The Short Story “Saleema” By Daniyal Mueenuddin

2018 ◽  
pp. 60-70
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Male Character ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Power And Authority

The aim of this research is to apply deconstructive approach to a short story. For this purpose Daniyal Mueenuddin’s short story “Saleema” is selected and analyzed. Through deconstruction the feminist reading of the story is dismantled and the power dynamics of the patriarchal Pakistani society are subverted. The research is anchored in Derrida’s concept of unreliability of language and Cuddon’s idea of reversal of binary oppositions. The paper finds that the protagonist Saleema is not as weak and oppressed as she is perceived to be, rather she is a resilient, independent woman who uses any means possible to get what she wants. The power and authority reside with her and not with any male character. The study is purely qualitative and exploratory in nature.

Yevgeny Zamyatin’s “Hypertext” About the Female Warrior. Article I

2021 ◽  
pp. 18-38
Author(s):  
Veronika B. Zuseva-Ozkan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Male Character ◽  
Female Agency ◽  
Silver Age ◽  
Woman Warrior ◽  
Horse Riding ◽  
Marina Tsvetaeva ◽  
Rural World ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
The Woman Warrior

This article deals with Yevgeny Zamyatin’s “hypertext” about the female warrior, i.e. with the totality of her manifestations in the works of the writer and the semantic continuum that they form. This type of character is defined as a heroine with outstanding physical abilities (such as strength, horse-riding and shooting skills, etc. - and also great beauty), a strong, proud personality, persistence, ability to fight back, determination to gain the upper hand, to win at all costs - especially in the game of power and armed conflict with the male character that is in love with the heroine and/or is loved by her. The author identifies Zamyatin’s works in which the woman warrior appears, analyzes the plot functions and the characteristic motif complex associated with this image. The author demonstrates that the female warrior represents a very frequent type of heroine in Zamyatin’s works: the image appears at the beginning of his career as a writer, in the short story “Kryazhi” (1915), and accompanies him until the end, manifesting itself in the screenplays written in the 1930s. The author reveals that a specific variant of the plot featuring the female warrior is implemented in Zamyatin’s works: the heroine is shown as equal in strength with the male character, and the test of power happens, in particular in the form of a literal duel. Whatever its outcome is and whoever wins, the storyline usually finishes with the death of one or both characters - either during the combat or as its remote consequence. While the type of the plot is usually the same, the female character itself shows a wide variety: there are Valkyrie-like heroines (Ildegonda in the play Atilla), polenitsas from Russian bylina songs (such as Nastasya Mikulishna in the screenplay “Dobrynya” or Marya in “Kryazhi”), Mongolian women warriors (Borte, Ulek), and even contemporary heroines of this type (Zinaida in the screenplay “The God of Dance”). Usually such characters are attributed in Zamyatin to the legendary epic past or rooted in “folk archaics”; they belong to the rural world, to the Russian village. The constant topoi and the evolution of the female warrior in Zamyatin’s artistic works are revealed; in particular, such motifs as love-hate, test of strength (in the form of a duel or a competition), mutual intendedness of two “strong ones” and their tragic non-encounter are considered. The author notes that the supervalue of the female warriors in Zamyatin’s works is love, while for some other writers of the Silver Age, for instance, for Marina Tsvetaeva or Lyubov Stolitsa, such values were female agency, independence, control over one’s life, freedom, or even spiritual salvation. The play Atilla and its heroine Ildegonda are analyzed in this article in particular detail; the sources of this image are revealed.

Thearchical Power in Theory and Practice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Purpura
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Orthodox Christianity ◽  
Divine Power ◽  
Ecclesiastical Administration ◽  
Power And Authority

This chapter offers a cumulative reflective analysis of power as indicated by the Byzantines to identify authentic power with divinity, describe this divine power as paradoxical in nature, and construct hierarchy as the appropriate means of mediating and participating in true power. The four authors suggest that giving priority to divinely originated (thearchical) power—rather than providing an additional over-idealized framework of ecclesiastical administration—provides a foundation for rereading the power dynamics of Orthodox Christianity. The synthesis offered in this chapter suggests that the hierarchical discontinuities between ideology and practice are paradoxically complicated and ameliorated when hierarchy is constructed as the only means of mediating divine power. The Byzantine theologians suggest that authentic hierarchy mediates, produces, and ascribes power to its participants in a way that is believed to be uniquely communicative of, and conducive to, divine similitude. This conception of hierarchy, power, and authority poses challenges for contemporary power theorists and historians as well as theologians.

scholarly journals Relasi antara Pergeseran Peran Pencari Nafkah dan Krisis Maskulinitas dalam Cerpen “Huruf Terakhir” karya Benny Arnas

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Marta Widyawati
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Emotional Control ◽  
Male Character ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
Masculinity Crisis ◽  
The Impact

This research aims to show the masculinity crisis experienced by a male character (a husband) due to the shift role of breadwinner in marriage in the short story "Huruf Terakhir" by Benny Arnas. This research is essential because it can demonstrate the impact of the wife's involvement to work in the public domain towards the husband's condition. This research is qualitative research by utilizing the concept of gender. Data collection techniques are carried out through document tracing on a short story "Huruf Terakhir" by Benny Arnas as the corpus.  The data obtained was analyzed using descriptive analysis method. The results showed that shifting role of breadwinner can cause a man (a husband) to experience a crisis of masculinity such as loss of independence, confidence, courage, assertiveness, and emotional control. The shifting role as breadwinner is also shown to open the opportunities for repression in women. Therefore, the research on the short story "Huruf Terakhir" is expected to contribute to the study of gender-sensitive literature, especially since it is able to show masculinity traits associated with the role of breadwinner can complicate men’s position and  potentially hinder women's freedom.

scholarly journals "Iz ormara na police": O odrastanju i izlasku iz ormara u hrvatskoj queer književnosti

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 51-71
Author(s):  
Natalija Iva Stepanović
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Gay Identity ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Queer Women ◽  
Short Story Collection ◽  
Lesbian Community ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Uncertain Outcomes

“OUT OF THE CLOSET, ONTO THE BOOKSHELF”: ON GROWING UP AND COMING OUT IN CROATIAN QUEER LITERATURE In the contemporary Croatian queer prose, growing up is represented as a process with uncertain outcomes. Contemporary writers do not describe gay and lesbian identities as already shaped, finalized, and unquestionably different from heterosexuality. Their poetics have many predecessors, Bildungsroman, the 19th-century genre that, despite conventional epilogues, depicts youth as a period of the adventure and overturn, being the oldest one. The second important influence are foreign coming out novels (texts that describe the articulation of gay and lesbian identities in the family and community) or narratives of affirmation, and the third Yugoslav young adult prose. The publication of the Croatian queer prose has increased dramatically since the first Gay Pride in Zagreb (2002) and the Queer Zagreb festival the following year. In the short story collection Poqureene priče [The queered stories] (2004) growing up is one of the prevailing topics with eventually popularized motifs such as coming out, moving away / traveling, cultural signifiers of gay identity, and crossings of sexual orientation with gender and class. Writing in the first person is also very popular. Vladimir Stojsavljević’s oeuvre is important because the author depicts growing up in three contexts, during Yugoslavia, in the war-time, and in post-transition, and texts by Nora Verde are a novelty because she writes about queer women as belonging to lesbian community. Young authors Mirta Maslać and Viktorija Božina reveal an interesting autobiographical discourse and share a tendency towards using diverse cultural references. This paper aims to show how the encounter of local gay and lesbian culture, foreign fiction, and already present genres has shaped the current texts about queer identity that manage to avoid writing about sexuality within simplistic, binary oppositions.

scholarly journals The Annex-Metaphor and the Nature of the 'Blind Self' in D. H. Lawrence’s “England, My England”

Linguaculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Camelia Anghel
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Political ◽  
Male Character ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Automatic Response ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Key Terms

The article explores D. H. Lawrence’s technique of portrayal in the short story “England, My England” (1921) by applying the key terms annex-metaphor and “blind self” to Egbert, the central male character. The former term is coined by the author of the article as a means of understanding Lawrence’s treatment of his protagonist’s inner life. With the help of the daughter figure, the British author manages to shape the abstract character of notions, and to produce a figurative, volatile version of the father’s psyche. The latter concept, “blind self,” belongs to Lawrence himself, and can be transferred, the paper argues, from one character to another in the process of uncovering Egbert’s metaphorically shaped responses to different types of environment: the mystical, the social, the political. The idea of blindness is materialized as attraction towards nature, as denial of society or, on the contrary, as denial of the self, and, last but not least, as automatic response to the whims of history and national politics.

Practical anatheology: A kenotic and perichoretic navigation of binaries

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-216
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Beal
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
White Male ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Generative Approach

In contexts of harmful and increasing polarization, Richard Kearney’s anatheism constitutes a generative approach to hospitality across divisions. Kearney’s anatheism can foster critical hospitality in a deeply polarized social context. This article begins with an overview of Kearney’s anatheism and his anatheistic understanding of perichoresis, developed in dialogue with Anna Mercedes’s erotic feminist kenosis. The article then argues that anatheism proves generative for practical theology as a theological discipline attentive to the theory/practice binary and that an anatheistic practical theology can foster vital connections across polarities in US society through its “third way,” applying this argument specifically to the binary oppositions of fundamentalist/liberal and self/other. The concluding section notes opportunities for critical development in anatheology, namely through decentering the white male canon to prioritize marginal voices and attending to intersectional power dynamics.

scholarly journals “Bie zai tiqi” and You Mean the World to Me: Two Subversive Sinophone Malaysian Metatexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-73
Author(s):  
Antonio Paoliello
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Ethnic Politics ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Ethnic Language ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Power ◽  
Literature And Film

AbstractThis article aims at exploring the subversive nature of two Sinophone Malaysian cultural products, namely “Bie zai tiqi” (2002) a short story by Ho Sok Fong and You Mean the World to Me (2017), a full-length feature film by director Saw Teong Hin. I argue that, despite their differences, both fictional products use powerful metafictional and metanarrative devices to challenge factuality. In doing so, they not only blur the fine line between fiction and reality, but they also question cultural power dynamics and ethnic politics in Malaysia. Moreover, they defy the truthfulness of Mandarin as the preferred Sinitic cultural language as well as the idea that, in Malaysia, literature and film can be considered Malaysian only if produced in Malay, the official language of the country. By performing an analysis of the linguistic choices made by Ho Sok Fong and Saw Teong Hin, I will suggest that both the short story and the feature film analysed in this article use metafiction and metanarration to subvert widely-accepted, yet problematic, notions of national culture and common ethnic language.

scholarly journals The Conceptual Framework of I.A. Bunin’s Short Story “The Saints”

2021 ◽  
Vol 163 (4–5) ◽  
pp. 138-153
Author(s):  
M.I. Kuzmina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Continuous Sampling ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Comparative Constructions ◽  
Cultural Linguistics ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The conceptual framework of I.A. Bunin’s short story “The Saints” (1914) was analyzed with regard to its connection with the Orthodox axiology. The relevance of the paper is determined by the steady interest of modern linguistics in the study of the religious conceptual framework and its representative vocabulary. The means of Orthodox semantics explication in the literary text were analyzed. The onomastic units of the story and their conceptual significance were considered. The paper uses a complex research methodology that enables a comprehensive study of the linguistic representation of the meaning of the concept: the method of conceptual analysis, the method of component analysis, the method of continuous sampling. As a result of the study, the conceptual framework of I. A. Bunin’s story “The Saints” was reconstructed. It was revealed that the conceptual framework of this story is based on the following concepts: saint, salvation, miracle, suffering, crying, joy, love, longing, icon, etc. Particular conclusions were made about the distinctive features of I.A. Bunin’s poetics: the conceptualization and strengthening of the value component of the meanings of individual lexical units in the literary text. The ways used by I.A. Bunin to shape the meaning of concepts in the literary text were determined: the expansion of the semantic volume of the word, binary oppositions, associative connections with different concepts, comparative constructions. The study can be helpful in special courses on cultural linguistics, as well as on the problems of studying the writer’s linguistic worldview.

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