چکیده:
In the following article, subjective violence defined by Slavoj Zizek will be used to scrutinize the issue of identity in the magnum opus of the late 19th century American author, Stephen Crane. The work targeted is The Red Badge of Courage. The protagonist of the work with two of his close companions are of prime importance. According to Zizek, the gap, which has to be filled with an
external element, is completed, here, with subjective violence. In order to do this, after explaining what a subject is to Zizek and its relation to subjective violence, Henry, the protagonist, will analyzed in relation to the incidents and characters around him. After this, Jim and Wilson will be studied.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Keywords: Slavoj Zizek, Stephen Crane, subjective violence, identity, other, gap Introduction It is impossible to study the American war literature and miss hearing the name of a brilliant writer, who was an early victim of tuberculosis.
Saying all these, in this article I will look at the literary work and by focusing on subjective violence, I will analyze the formation of identity of the characters in The Red Badge of Courage.
This part of the article will have a look at the finishing events of the novella and argue that whether Henry was finally able to demonstrate his subjective violence and receive his identity.
In chapter 19, when the reader sees again that Henry instead of running away stayed and fought even more bravely than before, the reader understands he had learnt how to control his subjective violence directing its force at the right direction, even though one may ask how he mastered it in few pages of narration.
56) These lines represent the death of Jim in a brutal way because it can be said it is part of Crane’s project to show there is nothing heroic about the War. He had surely fought in the battle and received his fatal wound there, yet, unlike Henry, he never received the support and respect he deserved from the big Other.
The praise Henry received from the colonel, delivered in the narration through the message of two solider who overheard it, is the required element in having one's identity stabilized, reminding the reader of the second reason articulated in the article."