تيمة الحزن في روايتي سيدة المقام ومملكة الفراشة لواسيني الأعرج: مقاربة موضوعاتية

Abstract

This study revolves around the thematic approach to the value of sadness in the novel Sayyidat Al-Maqam by Waciny Laredj, aiming to explore its psychological and aesthetic manifestations, as well as its emotional dimensions within the fictional narrative world. The dissertation starts from the realm of “literature of suffering” to analyze the concepts of sadness and value in relation to their historical and political dimensions associated with the wounds of the 1990s, showing how this pain-filled discourse was formed. The study is also concerned with examining the construction of the language of the two texts through the analysis of the lexicon of sadness, multilingualism, the symbolism of characters, and the semiotics of time and place under the weight of existential anguish. The study concludes that sadness in Waciny Laredj’s works represents an artistic language and an intellectual stance expressing the suffering of human tragedy in the face of loss and alienation.