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The enemy within : the dichotomy of hate and love in the Secret Agent
Other Title(s)
العدو في الداخل : ازدواجية الكره و الحب في (العميل السري)
Author
Source
Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts
Issue
Vol. 10, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2013), pp.1-16, 16 p.
Publisher
Association of Arab universities The Scientific Society of Faculties of Arts
Publication Date
2013-03-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
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Abstract AR
رواية جوزف كونراد العميل السري تندرج تحت موضوع الإرهاب و العنف بجميع أشكاله سواء كان الأسري منه أو السياسي.
و في هذه الرواية تتداخل الأحداث السياسية مع الأسرية لتكشف أن التعرض للاضطهاد و الإذلال هو الدافع وراء الكثير من الكره و العدوانية في العالم. و أتت أحداث 9 / 11 لتضيف المزيد من الأهمية لهذه الرواية من خلال تشابه الأحداث السياسية التي توحي بخلل في توازن السلطات في الكثير من الدول.
و نشير هنا إلى أن ظاهرة الكراهية هي نتاج طبيعي للاستبداد و العنف الذي يمارسه الأقوياء على الضعفاء.
و تبين هذه الورقة أن قمع فيرلوك لزوجته ويني هو صوره مصغرة من ظاهرة الاضطهاد الموجود في هذا العالم و الذي يؤدي بضحاياه إلى اللجوء إلى العنف كملجأ أخير للتخلص من حياة الظلم.
كما أن هذه الورقة تتعمق في مفاهيم متناقضة كالحب و الكره، الصداقة و العداوة بحثا عن العوامل الأساسية التي يمكن من خلالها تحقيق السلام و الحياة الكريمة.
Abstract EN
The novelist Joseph Conrad, though from nearly a century ago, has been proclaimed to be one of the greatest writers of the twenty-first century because he gives some very powerful and objective insight as to what might be at the root of terror in the world.
In The Secret Agent, though Conrad allows the political drama to take up most of the action of the story, it is in the resolution of the domestic front wherein his most valuable lesson lies : that secrecy, oppression and abuse are behind all the ills in society.
Winnie, the heroine, is exploited both on physical and emotional levels by her husband, Verloc ; she is marginalized and is made to feel worthless, only to retaliate with violence.
Just as the anarchists in the story target the "heart" of English society by bombing the Greenwich observatory, Winnie stabs Verloc in the "heart" in retaliation for his abuse.
As we comprehend the political events of this story, we cannot help, but associate them with those that have been happening since 9 / 11 and that is where Conrad's novel becomes useful.
Its objectivity and universality teach us a lesson that can be valuable to us today ; it teaches us that secrecy, marginalization and injury can only end in tragedy.
Those who feel themselves slighted or exploited resort to evil acts out of desperation.
This paper will take a descriptive approach rather than a prescriptive approach, including dichotomies that confront people : friend and foe, neighbor and stranger, as well as dichotomies that divide minds: love and hate, empathy and disdain, trust and fear.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Sudayri, Mashail. 2013. The enemy within : the dichotomy of hate and love in the Secret Agent. Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts،Vol. 10, no. 1, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-370894
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Sudayri, Mashail. The enemy within : the dichotomy of hate and love in the Secret Agent. Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts Vol. 10, no. 1 ج (2013), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-370894
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Sudayri, Mashail. The enemy within : the dichotomy of hate and love in the Secret Agent. Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts. 2013. Vol. 10, no. 1, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-370894
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 14-16
Record ID
BIM-370894