Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint (1969) and Mustapha Benfodil’s Archéologie du chaos (amoureux) (2007) : A Psychoanalytical Comparative Study
| dc.contributor.author | Ait Yahia Lydia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Touil Meriem | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-25T13:00:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-25T13:00:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-12-11 | |
| dc.description | 59p. ; (+CD-Rom) | |
| dc.description.abstract | The following research paper is a psychoanalytical comparative study of Phillip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint (1969) and Mustapha Benfodil’s Archéologie du chaos (amoureux) (2007). The study relies on Lacanian psychoanalysis and draws on some of its significant concepts such as the Unconscious and how it is affected by the ‘Other’, ‘Jouissance’ and the ‘Drive’. The current dissertation emphasizes on the psychoanalytical study of some of the main characters’ psychological disorders. To conduct this study, we divided it into two main chapters; in the first chapter, we have analyzed the concept of the ‘Other’ and the process of identity formation for both, Alexander Portnoy and Yacine Naboulci. We have explained how society and its cultural values had a significant influence on the characters’ identity and the behaviors they showed as a response to the oppression they were subjugated to. In the second chapter, we have discussed the notion of sexuality and how Alexander Portnoy and Marwan Kanafani had exploited their sexual desires as a means for rebellion. We analysed the pattern of rebellion both characters have set in order to break free from the constraints that hinder their quest for freedom. The comparative study of the two novels has provided us with a better understanding of the similarities between the two novels, despite their different cultural backgrounds. Both authors illustrate how Jewish and Algerian youth endure intersecting forms of societal repression, which ultimately motivate their attempts at resistance and protest. To sum up, one can say that, to some extent, literature is the outcome of the moral, cultural and political upheavals of the moments of its writing. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Literature and Interdisciplinary Approaches | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.ummto.dz/handle/ummto/29051 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou | |
| dc.subject | The Unconscious | |
| dc.subject | Identity | |
| dc.subject | Social Constraints | |
| dc.subject | Sexuality | |
| dc.subject | Rebellion | |
| dc.subject | Jacques Lacan | |
| dc.subject | Phillip Roth | |
| dc.subject | Mustapha Befodil | |
| dc.subject | Alexander Portnoy | |
| dc.subject | Marwan Kanafani | |
| dc.subject | Yacine Nabolci | |
| dc.title | Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint (1969) and Mustapha Benfodil’s Archéologie du chaos (amoureux) (2007) : A Psychoanalytical Comparative Study | |
| dc.type | Thesis |