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A DECONSTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS OF MOHSIN HAMIDS MOTH SMOKE

05 Pages : 35-44

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).05      10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).05      Published : Sep 2022

A Deconstructive Analysis of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke

    The aim of the current study is to deconstruct the foremost idea of individuals' struggle in Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid. Deconstruction theory states that language is a system of signs (signifier/signified) and, more distinctively, a system of binary oppositions, differences and contradictions. With the application of the Difference, as a tool, the study tries to investigate the non-centricity and free play of signifiers in the novel. The study also identifies the binary oppositions in the novel and destabilizes them by the application of deconstruction theory, given by Jacques Derrida. The result suggests that the deconstructive interpretation of Moth Smoke is rarely definite; instead, it seeks to always problematize the meaning of the text and suggest the depth to which the text operates. The new standpoints regarding man's great effort to survive in society, desire, death, depravity, power, jealousy, redundancy, insatiability, desire, and injustice of our judiciary system are deconstructed.

    Binary Opposition, Deconstruction, Derrida, Referance, Signs, Mohsin Hamid
    (1) Shamsa Faiz
    M. Phil English Researcher, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Iqra Fatima
    Lecturer, English Language Centre, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Ajmal
    Associate Professor of English, Department of Linguistics & Literature, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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Cite this article

    CHICAGO : Faiz, Shamsa, Iqra Fatima, and Muhammad Ajmal. 2022. "A Deconstructive Analysis of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke." Global Language Review, VII (III): 35-44 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-III).05
    HARVARD : FAIZ, S., FATIMA, I. & AJMAL, M. 2022. A Deconstructive Analysis of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke. Global Language Review, VII, 35-44.
    MHRA : Faiz, Shamsa, Iqra Fatima, and Muhammad Ajmal. 2022. "A Deconstructive Analysis of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke." Global Language Review, VII: 35-44
    MLA : Faiz, Shamsa, Iqra Fatima, and Muhammad Ajmal. "A Deconstructive Analysis of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke." Global Language Review, VII.III (2022): 35-44 Print.
    OXFORD : Faiz, Shamsa, Fatima, Iqra, and Ajmal, Muhammad (2022), "A Deconstructive Analysis of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke", Global Language Review, VII (III), 35-44