Dialogical Self in Tennyson’s “Ulysses” and Farooq Guwaida’s “A Star Looking for an Orbit”

Elshaikh, Ebtihal

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“…Ebtihal Elshaikh (2011), in the same breath, compares two poems, Tennyson’s “Ulysses” and Guwaida’s “A star looking for an orbit,” by employing a dialogical conception of the self and shows how the reader encounters a multi-layered identity. Guwaida, using the oriental myth of Sinbad, illustrates the psychological conflict that tears the present Egyptian self apart.…”

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“Virtual Fictional/Factual Positioning”: Mediating dialogical concepts in psychological and literary studies

Barani

Yahya

Talif

2014

Theory & Psychology

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At the intersection of psychological and literary studies and acknowledging dialogical aspects of the self in Herman’s Dialogical Self Theory (DST), we coined the concept of “Virtual Fictional/Factual Positioning” (VFP), which is also guided by Bakhtin’s discussion on the author-hero relation. VFP evaluates the possible dialogical coalition of the author’s positions as “I-as-artist/novelist” and “I-as-the-hero-of-my-story,” amongst other positions in literary narratives. Evaluation of the existing literature on DST and the few adaptations of this theory for literary purposes highlights the insufficient consideration paid to the dialogical possibilities of the self in literary studies. To develop our argument based on our new model, we present a textual analysis of Paul Auster’s Man in the Dark and examine the protagonist’s narratives and his relation with his hero in the story within the story. Furthermore, we address the question of whether this protagonist/author’s self consists of polyphonized dialogical voices or merely a cacophony of various thoughts with fewer logical and no dialogical qualities.

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Section: Recent Trends In Dst and Bakhtin’s Influence On Psychologicamentioning

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“Virtual Fictional/Factual Positioning”: Mediating dialogical concepts in psychological and literary studies

Barani

Yahya

Talif

2014

Theory & Psychology

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“…Ebtihal Elshaikh (2011) examples of literary studies that proved that applying DST to literary texts can offer a deeper and fruitful understanding of these texts. However, most of these studies focus on identity problems of the characters related to their societies.…”

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The Dialogical Self in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Elshikh

2021

مجلة کلیة الآداب جامعة الفیوم

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Taking Hubert Hermans" the Dialogical Self Theory (DST) as a framework, this paper attempts to find out psychological clues to the ambiguity of "the Rime of the Ancient Mariner,". With Coleridge's known interest in psychology in mind, especially his refutation of the unity of the self in favor of multiplicity of the self, this paper tends to read the poem as a dialogical-self narrative reflecting all the possible I-positions needed to form a creative and psychologically normal self of the typical romantic poet. The poem with its narrative structure, narrative voices, gothic scenes and religious hints, reflects the dialogical I-positions proposed by the DST.As a typical dynamic structure of the human self, the dialogical "self" narrated in the "Rime" struggles to enhance its poetic sensitivity and romanticism that falls between its own uncertainties and a surrounding unrecognizing society. Conflicts, contradictions and sometimes integrations are all possible interactions that happen between these different I-positions in a self that extends between its internal I-positions and its external I-positions to fulfill the balance needed between centering and decentering positions in order to attain unity and, at the same time, sense of creativity.

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Dialogical Self in Tennyson’s “Ulysses” and Farooq Guwaida’s “A Star Looking for an Orbit”

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“Virtual Fictional/Factual Positioning”: Mediating dialogical concepts in psychological and literary studies

“Virtual Fictional/Factual Positioning”: Mediating dialogical concepts in psychological and literary studies

The Dialogical Self in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

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