THE ROLE OF MONSTER IN FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHUES AND FRANKENSTEIN IN BAGHDAD (A CRITICAL STUDY

dc.contributor.authorSAIF LATIF M. ALSSAFY
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-20T10:15:16Z
dc.date.available2019-03-20T10:15:16Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionThesis submitted for the degree of Doctorate of philosophy in English Languageen_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT (English) Title of thesis:The Role of Monster in Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus and Frankenstein in Baghdad Name of researcher: Mr. SAIF LATIF M. ALSSAFY English and Arabic literature have featured a multitude of characters with monstrous qualities with diverse roles and functions. The aims of this thesis are to analyze and identify the role of the monster in two novels that belong to different time periods and literary cultures, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus and Frankenstein (1818) by the English novelist Mary Shelley and Frankenstein in Baghdad (2013) by the Iraqi novelist Ahmed Saadawi. This critical study sets to analysis the remarkable and effective roles of the monster in two novels. The qualitative research methodology was used in the research with critical analysis used as the tool in addition to thevarious types of theories were used to analyze the two novels such as the work of Jeffrey S. Nevid, in order to examine the notion and motivations of the monster's role thoroughly. By analyzing the character of the monster in the two texts through the lens of the concepts and mind of the eighteen-century society and the contemporary Iraqi society sequentially for Shelley and Saaadawi, the thesis illustrates several findings. The monster in Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus has many roles such as the human who learns from the human's violent rejection and as revenger who learns about the emotions of hate, anger, revenge and does not see the advantages of happiness and love, however the monster in Frankenstein in Baghdad has been created as revenger and having descriptive names to indicate and highlight the social anxieties resulting from the sufferings of infinity killing's cycle in the Iraqi society after Baghdad's invasion.The thesis concludes with the idea the monster in literature has been a popular figure in Western and Eastern society for centuries, as a mirror to a collective fear of problems in a specific society and time in history. In both novels, the writers used the monster to highlight evil's side in theirsocieties, which reflect especially his functions as a symbol of warning to the writers' own society مستخلص البحث يضمالأدبالإنجليزيوالعربيةالعديدمنالشخصياتذاتالصفاتالوحشيةتظهرها فيأدوارهاووظائفهاالمتنوعة. تهدفهذهالرسالةإلىتحليلوتعريفدورالوحشفيروايتينالتان تعودان الىفتراتزمنيةوالثقافاتالأدبية مختلفة،فرانكنشتاين. أو،بروميثيوسالحديث(1818) للروائيةالإنجليزيةماريشيليوفرانكشتاينفيبغداد (2013) للروائيالعراقيأحمدسعداوي. الدراسةالنقدية فيهذه الرسالة عدت لتحليلالأدوارالبارزةوالفعالةللوحشفيروايتين. منأجلدراسةفكرةودوافعدورالوحشبشكلكامل تماستخداممنهجيةالبحثالنوعيباستخدامالتحليلالنقديكأداة في البحثبالاضافة الىاستخدامأنواعمختلفةمنالنظرياتمثلعملجيفريس. نيفيد.انتحليلشخصيةالوحشفيالنصينمنخلالعدسةمفاهيموعقلمجتمعالقرنالثامنعشرلشيلليوالمجتمعالعراقي المعاصرلسعداويبرزالعديدمنالنتائج. منهاالوحشفيفرانكنشتاين. أو،بروميثيوسالحديثلديهالعديدمنالأدوار,دورهكأنسانالذييتعلممنرفضالمجتمعالعنيف لهوكمنتقمالذييتعلممنعواطف والكراهيةوالغضبوالانتقامولايرىمزاياالسعادةوالمحبة في حياته،بينما دورالوحشفيفرانكنشتاين برزكمنتقمووصاحب الاسماءالوصفيةللإشارةإلىالمخاوفالمجتمعيةالناتجةعنمعاناةمن دائرة القتل اللامتناهيةفيالمجتمعالعراقيبعدغزوبغداد. وتختتمهذهالرسالةبفكرةأنالوحشفيالأدب كان ومايزالالشخصيةالمشهورة كمرآة لعكسالخوفجماعيمنمشاكلفيمجتمع محددووقتمعين منالتاريخفيالمجتمعالغربيوالشرقي منذ قرون. وفيكلاالروايتين،استخدمالكتابينالوحشلتسليطالضوءعلى جانب الشرفيمجتمعاتهم،والتيتعكسبشكلخاصوظائفهكرمزللتحذيرلمجتمعالكاتبنفسه.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHALA SALIH MOHAMMED NURen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14238
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNeelain Universityen_US
dc.subjectMONSTER IN FRANKENSTEINen_US
dc.titleTHE ROLE OF MONSTER IN FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHUES AND FRANKENSTEIN IN BAGHDAD (A CRITICAL STUDYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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