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From Syntactic Negation to Negation of Revolutionary Values: An Aesthetic Reading of Negation in The Second Dog War
Faramarz Mirzaei, Ahmad Arefi, Eisa Mottaghi Zadeh,
Volume 1, Issue 2 (Spring and summer 2020)
Abstract
Indeed, the thought that forms the artistic egation in Syntax to Negation of Revolutionary Values: Aesthetic Analysis of Negation in The Second Dog War
view of the literary text organizes the syntactic composition in the text, so the only way to reach that thought is to understand the syntactic meanings derived from the syntactic composition. That is, whenever the view of pessimism prevails over the text, the meanings derived from the syntactic composition appropriate to that view prevail over the text. We observe this in the novel "The Second Dog War" by Palestinian novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah, which is dominated by pessimism, because the characters in the novel are very negative and opportunistic, In particular, the protagonist of the novel, Rashed, who transcends all moral and social values in the pursuit of her own interests, in such a way that she fights against the revolutionary values she fought for in the past, So she rejects all those values to the point that with the help of the officer, she changes from a prisoner to a jailer and cooperates with the officer with full skill in trading with humans. This denial of values and their rejection linguistically fits the style of denial So, this style has been used more in this novel than other syntactic styles in order to fit the pessimistic view of the novel and the three levels of language, including Narration, dialogue, and description. It is because of this pessimistic view that the style of negation has a high status in the novel, especially in the matter of similarities, which are becoming more and more present in the novel, to the extent that the distinction between the original things and their similarities despite their differences in nature, it becomes very difficult. This article seeks to examine the aesthetics of the negation style in order to reveal the appropriateness between the negation tools and the pessimistic view along with the three linguistic levels using analytical descriptive methods with the help of statistical style to conclude that the narrator in this novel, The negative style has been used 1759 times, thus 52%, which is quite commensurate with the prevailing pessimistic view of the novel and the resulting corruption of oppressive Palestinian systems, because in the novel there are negative opportunistic characters who do negative things in the way of realization. They benefit, especially the protagonist of The Novel Rashed, whose character is completely negative, to the point that he turns his positive character into an opportunistic negative character.

The Analysis of Femininity in Sahar Khalifa’s Origin and Branch based on Elaine Showalter’s Cultural Approach
Zenab Neyestani, Naimeh Parandavaj, Fatemeh Arefifar,
Volume 5, Issue 4 (6-2024)
Abstract
In the last two centuries, many scholars in social, cultural, and literary fields of study have addressed women’s concerns and their centrality in literary works. Women-centered criticism or feminist criticism examines works created by women or about women in order to provide a specific framework for their analysis and explication. Elaine Showalter, a feminist theorist, proposes four variants for this critical approach: biological, linguistic, psychological, and cultural. The cultural aspect investigates how women are characterized by society, as well as the role of society in shaping the works and activities of women. Therefore, it can be regarded as a kind of sociological criticism, insofar as the conditions of the society in which the writer lives and her position in interacting with other people determine the content of her work. The objective of this article is to examine how social concerns are represented in Sahar Khalifeh’s Origin and Branch. The article adopts a descriptive-analytical method and draws on woman-centered criticism as theorized by Elaine Showalter. It addresses how Palestinian society affected Khalifeh’s thinking in the 1930s and 1940s and how this effect could be traced in her novel. It finds that the novel challenges the patriarchal society of Palestine by depicting the Palestinian society in the first half of the 20th century and the early years of the occupation of Palestine. The domination of men over women is criticized by dealing with factors such as women’s forced marriage, deprivation of education and employment, concern for life and economic independence, and hatred of being forgotten by other women. Thus, the traditional Palestinian society of that day has left its impact on all dimensions and orientations of Khalifeh’s thoughts. In Origin and Branch, like her other novels, she compares the domination of men over women to Israel’s domination over Palestine and condemns both. Finally, this paper argues that femininity symbolizes homeland for Khalifeh.

The Dialectic of truth and meta-reality in Shifa: The Small Century Manuscript based on Jean Baudrillard theory
Raja Abuali, Ahmad Arefi,
Volume 6, Issue 1 (1-2025)
Abstract
Baudrillard claims that politicians who secretly and openly control people distort the truth through technological tools, media, brands, consumer culture, politics, and other factors. This distortion, by creating false informational facts that cause conflict and a dialectical duality between truth and hyperreality, has become a tool for controlling human minds and stripping them of their will. In this context, victory lies with the dominant reality constructed by major stakeholders, business creators, and capitalists who promote their industrial products, as well as the energy consumers and thought controllers. The novel Shifa: The Small Century Manuscript is a science fiction work in which the author addresses the issue of technology and media that distort the truth. This study analyzes the novel using a descriptive-analytical method and employing Baudrillard’s theory along with linguistic and narrative techniques. It concludes that the author uses postmodern techniques to construct hyperreality and discusses the destructive technologies of the U.S. government that conceal scientific and security secrets. These secrets are ultimately revealed by Isaac Jamil, the novel’s protagonist, following his terrestrial and space travels with a scientific mission team by UFO. Upon his return, he is detained by the U.S. government to prevent the disclosure of secrets among the public, and his character is transformed into a passive and weak individual through torture with contemporary technological mechanisms. In the novel, hyperreality is constructed through mechanisms such as technology, media, alienation, ambiguity, simulation, hybridization, wonder, estrangement, events, characters, language, image dominance, space and time, and power. This indicates a lack of democracy and the dominance of power, transcending reality and entering an imperceptible and supernatural world.

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