Document Type : Research Article
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University of Tabriz
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Literature is filled with concepts and themes portraying social events and individual narratives. The effect caused by Trauma on individuals and societies is self-evident, and telling of the internal and identity-related transformations within the fabric of social realities. The article at hand examines the novel “Brother of Soul” by the contemporary French Author, David Diop, through the analytical lens of the contemporary philosopher, Slavoj Žižek. The main focus of this paper is the structure of trauma in the novel and its impact on the protagonist, Alpha Ndiaye, a Senegalese soldier in World War I. Using Žižek's key concepts, such as "the Real", "the Symbolic", and "Object petite a”, the text analyzes how the characters deal with the trauma of war and its impact on their identity and relationship with the "other" within social interactions. It also demonstrates how the trauma of war, as a "Real Event" disrupts the Symbolic Orde
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