The Semiotics of Physical and Verbal Violence in “The Misbeliever” by Ali Badr

Abstract

The research issue sheds light on the scenes of violence and its implications, and analyzed what the novelist embodied in the novel "The Misbeliever" (AlKafirah) of the scenes, images, effects and dangers of violence that sometimes lead the individual to terrorism. The importance of the research lies in the comprehensive briefing of all the semiotic signs of violence that were and still are horror for the individual at various levels: social, economic and cultural, the most important of which is psychological, represented by the novel "The Misbeliever". The research methodology is descriptive, analytical and semiotic. The need for research is evident in the analysis of the characters of the novel that reflect intellectual, psychological, social and political issues of the contemporary reality of Iraq after the year 2014, which groans from differences, clashes and conflicts. As a result, The Misbeliever novel was a literal transfer of the events of the reality of Iraq for a period of time, including social issues, which the novelist woven in his literary style, and tended in its content to his personal experience. What the novelist sought is to reveal the reality of Iraq, the poverty and deprivation that prevails in it, and the negative impact of armed groups on the individual and society.