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Utterances connected with social criticism in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary
Other Title(s)
التعبيرات ذات العلاقات بالنقد الاجتماعي في رواية ستيفن كنج الموسومة (بمقبرة الحيوانات الأليفة(
Joint Authors
Said, Ismail Muhammad Fahmi
Shihab, Lanjah Abd al-Razzaq
Source
Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 206 (30 Sep. 2013), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Human Science / Ibn Rushd
Publication Date
2013-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract AR
ينتخب هذا مجموعة من التعبيرات ذات البعد النقدي الاجتماعي في رواية الرعب الموسومة مقبرة الحيوانات الأليفة 1983 للروائي ستيفن كنج.
تعد هذه الرواية واحدة من أكثر مؤلفات كاتبها كآبة و قتامة و حزنا.
إلا أن النماذج المنتقاة لتحليلها في هذه المحاولة تبرهن أن هذا النص حافل بأقوال و مقولات تدخل في باب النقد الاجتماعي ضد مجتمع ما بعد الحداثة, لاسيما من حيث الخواء الكارثي على المستوى العائلي و المهني و المجتمعي و الروحي.
إن كنج يدين, في نهاية المطاف, كافة الممارسات النفعية و البراغماتية التي تميز أسلوب العيش ما بعد الحداثوي.
Abstract EN
Stephen King’s PET SEMATARY (Hence, abbreviated as PS) (1983) has seldom been studied from the perspective of utterances connected with social criticism.
Usually, this work is thematically treated as a narrative text in the Horror Fiction genre.
The present research analyzes some utterances and their meanings (clear or hidden) in connection with the social criticism in this novel, to determine how the Horror, or Gothic, element is used to express the manner of speaking as a critical interlocutor of Postmodern American culture, and the role, judgment and attitudes in specific narrative situations.
The study highlights the nature of social criticism between interactants in the text, in relation to the relevant contexts.
The approach enables us to examine what is communicated (i.
e.
discourse) and how it is communicated insofar as the narrative text is socially oriented with a critical intention that activate areas of articulation which may seem unrelated to any familiar socio-political background.
Stephen King is perhaps one of the best known practitioners of Post Modernism in contents, themes, and techniques including the display of thought process and his use of untraditional language in Horror Fiction.
He had a purpose in his genre.
The aim of the paper is to reveal the unspoken message of the writer in using such utterances in this novel.
It is not to achieve temporary gory effects that King composed such a novel, but for a more lasting social impact, as will be revealed in the analysis.
This research selects a number of utterances from Stephen King’s PS to prove that despite the semblance of supernatural horror, the real source of fear in post modern times comes from the socially condemnable abd blameworthy points criticized in the course of the narrative.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Said, Ismail Muhammad Fahmi& Shihab, Lanjah Abd al-Razzaq. 2013. Utterances connected with social criticism in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 1, no. 206, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-378996
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Said, Ismail Muhammad Fahmi& Shihab, Lanjah Abd al-Razzaq. Utterances connected with social criticism in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences Vol. 1, no. 206 (2013), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-378996
American Medical Association (AMA)
Said, Ismail Muhammad Fahmi& Shihab, Lanjah Abd al-Razzaq. Utterances connected with social criticism in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences. 2013. Vol. 1, no. 206, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-378996
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 10
Record ID
BIM-378996