The Discourse of Hatred in Sumer Shehadeh`s Novel Fields of Corn : A Reading based on the Theory of Cultural Criticism

The Discourse of Hatred in Sumer Shehadeh`s Novel Fields of Corn:
A Reading based on the Theory of Cultural Criticism
This paper adopts the critical approach to study the effect of the discourse of hatred on steering the events and the relationships between the social constituents.It also studies the effect of this discourse on controlling the present time and the future.The study depends mainly on the hypothesis that there is an integral relationship between the discourse of hatred and the violent behavior which appears during the Arab Spring events.The novel The Corn Fields by the Syrian writer Somer Shihadeh was written during these events.The writer chooses the rich background of the increase in violence during the Arab Spring as the main topic of discussion.This paper discusses the concept of hatred and its embodiment in a discourse that can turn words and feelings into very violent and hostile actions.The paper also discusses the outcome of the violent events, the perspectives, the people,and the revolution that is very much influenced by hatred.In addition, the paper characterizes the language constituents and the descriptions that the hatred discourse uses in order to guarantee the best possible effect on the receiver to adopt the violent behavior.The novel makes use of the critical approach to expose the deficiencies in people’s thoughts and behaviours.It is a novel of thoughts in the first stance;it creates a discourse out of all the important events.
Key Words:Hatred,Discourse of hatred,The language of the discourse of hatred,The novel The Fields of Corn,Metamorphosis,Transformation