الإغتراب و إستدعاء الموت في رواية : "عائشة تنزل إلى العالم السفلي" لبثينة العيسى

Abstract EN

This research delves into the themes of alienation and death in the novel "Aisha Descends to the Underworld" by the Kuwaiti writer "Buthaina Al-Essa"; As the heroine experiences passing to the unknown side (death) more than once, and each journey awakens in her questions that have no convincing answers, with an exceptional sense of inconsistency with her reality, especially after the loss of her son.

This made alienation an essential pillar in the narrative process, in parallel with the theme of death.

The futility of life appears, and the intense desire for annihilation turns into a luxury that is difficult to achieve in light of compliance with two systems: religious and social that forbid and criminalize doing so.

The research also seeks to reveal the manifestations of both alienation and death, and their relationship to each other through description and analysis in an attempt to answer the following problem: Is it possible to say that alienation accelerates the human desire to die? Or are they both sides of the same coin? And How is death shaped narratively?