The Concept of "Abjection" in Forough Farrokhzad's Thought and its Adaptation to the Thought of "Rejection" in "Powers of Horror" by Kristeva

Hadaegh, Bahi; Akbarzadeh, Mobina

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Article Type: Original Research

The Concept of "Abjection" in Forough Farrokhzad's Thought and its Adaptation to the Thought of "Rejection" in "Powers of Horror" by Kristeva

Subject Areas : شعر

1 - Assistant Professor, Shiraz University, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Linguistics
2 - MA in English Literature, Shiraz University

Received: 2020-08-31 Accepted : 2020-08-31 Published : 2020-08-22

Keywords: هنجار اجتماعی, other, زنانگی, نقد جامعه شناختی, تهذیب, غیر, refinement, femininity, social norm, sociological critique,

Abstract :

This article compares the concept of "abjection" in Forough Farrokhzad's poem "Another Birth" with the thought of "rejection" in "Powers of Horror" by Julia Kristeva. This article seeks to study "abjection" images based on a comparative reading of "powers of horror" by Kristeva in Forough's "Another Birth." The reason for choosing Forough Farrokhzad is that Kristeva's theory is very capable of being applied to her poems. This theory, of course, covers a wider range of Farrokhzad's poems, which is beyond the scope of this article. On the other hand, her poems as the central basis for the enlightenment of Kristeva's theory on the phenomenon of abjection are also very evident. Abjection is one of the most fundamental currents of the subject in the process: i.e, a state of rejection of what is considered other for self, thereby creating ever-unstable boundaries for self. Abjection is something that a person rejects, throws away, and expels almost completely.

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