The Attack by Yasmina Khadra: Application of the Sociocriticism Approach of Claude Duchet

پژوهش های زبان و ترجمه فرانسه

Article 5, Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 11, January 2024, Pages 111-133   

Document Type: Original Article

DOI: 10.22067/rltf.2024.84197.1091

Authors

Faranak Zandieh¹; Shahrazad Makoui^{* 2}; Leyla Ghafouri-gharavi³; Neda Atashvahidi⁴

¹PHD student in French literature, Islamic Azad University

²Assistant Professor of French literature, Islamic Azad University, branch of Tehran Markazi

³French Language and Literature Department,. School of Foreign Languages, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University,

⁴department of French language Azad university

Abstract

Sociocriticism is a method of text analysis that simultaneously addresses the social and literary aspects of a work. The Attack, written by Algerian author Yasmina Khadra, is a multi-dimensional novel whose social and literary aspect have developed in parallel. This work can be considered a text that maintains its links with social reality. Yasmina Khadra is one of the few French-speaking writers who has attempted to write a story inspired by the realities of society with an impartial view, a story influenced by the war between Israel and the Palestinians, and in this way portrays the turmoil of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories. In this article, an attempt is made to investigate the social infrastructures of The Attack using Claude Duchet's sociocriticism, which focuses primarily on the text. After examining the social discourses within the work, we will explore the role of the reference society in the production of meaning in the text society. By finding hidden signs in text, we emphasize the unspoken and implied aspects and finally analyze the sociological aspects of terrorism. To achieve this, we have studied and analyzed the text according to Duchet's analytical concepts such as the society of the text, society of reference and sociogram.

Keywords

Keywords: sociocriticism; Claude Duchet; sociogram; text society; reference society; The Attack

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