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    Animal’s Gaze in Sinha’s Animal’s People
    (Sciedu Press, 2024) Mansur, Visam; Mansour, Ashraf Waleed
    The article critically studies Indra Sinha's Animal’s People by critiquing Animal, a deformed young man born in the aftermath of the Bhopal disaster. Narrated by Animal himself via tapes transcribed by an Australian journalist, the novel explores themes of animality, identity, and representation. The article draws on a variety of scholarly perspectives, including ecocriticism, postcolonial criticism, posthumanism, and others to uncover the complexities of Animal's character. Drawing on the insights of Julietta Singh, Justin Omar Johnston and Andrew Mahlstedt, among many other scholars, the paper critiques common interpretations of Animal as the voice of the oppressed and offers a new perspective on his character. The paper argues that Animal's voyeuristic gaze is not compatible with typical animal behavior, but rather affirms Animal‟s compromised morality as a deformed human being. Despite his efforts to establish his animality, Animal's actions betray macho human tendencies and challenge the idea that he is the appropriate figure to represent animals and ecology at large. © 2024 Sciedu Press. All rights reserved.
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    Balcony of Disgrace: The Intersection of Patriarchy and Honor in Arab Societies
    (Sciedu Press, 2024) Mansour, Ashraf Waleed; Mansur, Visam; Banat, Shafiq; Banat, Mead Mohamad
    The paper explores the complex issue of patriarchal principles that shape the socialization of men in Arab societies, where the criterion for masculinity is deeply rooted in adherence to cultural norms. Through the lens of Nasrallah‟s novel Balcony of Disgrace (2010), the study analyzes the impact of the societal concept of honor on male identity and the difficult choices faced by men in such societies. The novel highlights the oppressive nature of patriarchal societies, which link male honor with female sexuality and legitimize the murder of women to preserve man‟s image. The paper argues that patriarchal oppression not only extends to women but also to men who face public criticism for not conforming to patriarchal norms. The study aims to fill the gap in the existing literature on honor killings by highlighting the crises of both male and female identities. Overall, this paper provides a critical analysis of the impact of patriarchal norms on male identity and the societal consequences of gender-based violence in Arab societies. © 2024 Sciedu Press. All rights reserved.
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    Coyness as Power in Marvell 's "To His Coy Mistress"
    (Beykent Üniversitesi, 2015) Mansur, Visam
    To His Coy Mistress is a strong testimony on the postmodern notion of the endless multiplicity of significations. The mistress's coyness and her passivity in the face of the lover's onslaught on her autonomy and privacy comprise an act of resistance to a hedonistic patriarchy bent on devouring the female to achieve its narcissistic goal of attaining pleasure and eternity. By showing the contradictions of patriarchy in 17th century England, Marvell, like Dryden and John Donne, subtlety criticizes the hypocrisy of his society and champions the coyness and silence of the seduced woman.
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    Ecocritical Reflections: Post-Anthropocentrism in Bilge Karasu's The Prey
    (Rector Ciu Cyprus Int Univ, 2025) Mansur, Visam; Vardar, Nergiz Oznur
    In his attempt to critique anthropocentrism and speciesism, Bilge Karasu, a postmodern Turkish writer, problematizes the relationship between human and nonhuman entities. In The Prey, one of the short stories in The Garden of Departed Cats (2003), Karasu employs surrealist and unnatural narrativity to disrupt the mimetic illusion considered by many posthumanist scholars as essential for the formation of new subjectivities. Through a narrative rich in figurative language and metafictional elements, Karasu engages with the complexities of species hierarchy, power relations and the redefinition of love. Surrealistically, set against the backdrop of variable weather conditions, the story questions human superiority over nature, highlighting the vulnerability and interdependence of all beings. Initially viewing the fish as a burden, the fisherman's journey parallels his childhood memory of encountering a snake, leading to a profound realization of the fish's capacity for affection and suffering. As empathy grows, so does the fisherman's ability to comprehend the language of the animal, culminating in a physical and spiritual metamorphosis upon their union. Through exploration of human cruelty and the possibility of harmony with nonhuman animals, the story highlights and subtly critiques the nature of humanity. Thus, by depicting a unification between human and nonhuman, The Prey suggests that genuine humanity lies in embracing interconnectedness and fostering equality-based relationships with the animal other.
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    So Much Depends Upon a Cup of Coffee: A Reader Response Analysis of Eliot’s “Sweeney among the Nightingales”
    (Creative Publishing House, 2024) Mansur, Visam
    T.S. Eliot’s poem “Sweeney among the Nightingales” is a short dramatic monologue that introduces Sweeney as rude and cruel character, in a setting where he interacts with several women referred to as ‘Nightingales’ in a brothel. Sweeney finds himself involved in a cunning plot in that brothel. He is seduced and given alcohol to impair his judgement. To thwart the conspiracy against him, he has to have a cup of coffee to help him remain awake. By having one of the women drop the cup of coffee, Eliot paves the way for unconventional reading of the text that focuses on the unmentioned spilled coffee in the poem. The unmentioned spilled coffee becomes more important than the cup of coffee dropped by the woman in the Spanish cape. For the absence of coffee at the end of Sweeney’s late night activities deters his sobriety; helps the conspirators to attain their goal, and further contributes to the theme(s) of the poem. © 2024, Creative Publishing House. All rights reserved.
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    Sufism Caricatured in Orhan Pamuk 's "The New Life"
    (Beykent Üniversitesi, 2015) Mansur, Visam
    The New Life mocks the Sufi experience. Issues essential to Sufism appear to exist in the novel. Osman starts his journey like a Sufi Dervish on the hope of finding both Janan and the angel. In Sufi literature, woman (love) is seen as a symbol of the much sought Being; but in Osman's case, his love for Janan reeks more of libidinal desire rather than spiritual. In the journey process Pamuk mockingly shows us a traveler in pursuit of vengeance rather than in search of God. The mockery of the Sufi tradition becomes further evident in the narrative as the search for the new life turns from a belief to an obsession. Osman's disillusionment at the end of his journeys epitomizes Pamuk's mockery of the Sufi traveler and ushers in the undignified moment where the traveler dies realizing that the sought angel is false.