‘SEEN’ VERSUS ‘UNSEEN’ IN ELIF SHAFAK’S “THE GAZE”
‘SEEN’ VERSUS ‘UNSEEN’ IN ELIF SHAFAK’S “THE GAZE”
Author(s): Anca BădulescuSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Novel, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: seen; unseen; obesity; dwarf; strangeness;
Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the two worlds which determine and ultimately destroy a couple’s love relationship in Elif Shafak’s third novel, “The Gaze”. The two protagonists, an obese woman and a dwarf, have to cope with the world’s gazes and, at the same time, with their own inner torments, caused by an ‘unseen’ world. Ultimately, the ‘seen’ wins over the hidden world of feelings and thoughts.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 577-580
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English