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- کد IranDOI مقاله: IranDOI :10.irandoi.2002/bahareadab.2026 .18 .7989
volume Number : 18
number In Volume : 11
issue Number : 117
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Analysis of the Short Story “Why Was the Sea Stormy?” Based on Julia Kristeva’s Theory of Abjection
Behnam Kiani Shahvandi , Asad Abshirini (Author in Charge), Adel Sawaedi
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study analyzes Sadegh Chubak’s short story “Why Was the Sea Stormy?” based on Julia Kristeva’s notion of abjection. Throughout the analysis, abject phenomena such as sexual and moral corruption, death, addiction, disease, and illegitimacy are examined. The focus is also on how the abject constantly invades the subjects’ lives, and how these subjects, in turn, attempt to preserve their boundaries and purify themselves from contamination.
METHODOLOGY: This research is a theoretical study conducted through a library-based methodology and employs content analysis as its main approach. The corpus of the study is the short story “Why Was the Sea Stormy?” from Chubak’s short story collection “The Baboon Whose Buffoon Was Dead.”
FINDINGS: In “Why Was the Sea Stormy?” there is a frequent presence of abject elements such as death, addiction, disease, and sexual or moral corruption. By examining the characters in this story, their ongoing confrontation with these abject forces and their attempts to escape and cleanse themselves become apparent.
CONCLUSION: The findings reveal that the main characters of this naturalistic story strive for subjectivity and inner purification. Kohzad and Zivar, through love, become aware of their own contamination and endeavor to free themselves from it through spiritual cleansing. A prominent instance of this effort is Kohzad’s distancing himself from other drivers and the symbolic act of pouring ablution water over Zivar’s head before marrying her.
Keyword
Naturalism
, Abjection
, Julia Kristeva
, Sadegh Chubak
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