Political Violence in Ahmed Saadawi's novel Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Reflection on Contemporary Iraqi Society
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Key Words: Violence, Post-war, contemporary novelsAbstract
The present study aims to critically review the aspects of violence in Iraqi literature post-war of 2003 with reference to Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi (2013), focuses on depicting clearly the violent experiences of the Iraqis after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and how these novels could recur constantly to humanist themes and violent figures, the psychological suffering of minorities and the oppressed. In other words, it aims to make visible specific historical instances of violence in Iraqi war literature.
The present study undertakes an in-depth investigation of the socio-political and historical dimensions of literary experiences in Iraq emanated from several causes, such as social injustice, the oppression of minorities, political despotism, and the persecution of religious minorities, as well as the displacement of Iraqis from the homeland and exile. The study has found that "Frankenstein in Baghdad" as the best sample of the Iraqi novels that depends on the stylistic technique of repeating certain expressions, phrases, and lexical items to intensify the extraordinary events that happened after the war of 2003. It is a narrative of violence chasing the Iraqis during the war times.
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