Shattering the Illusion of Representation in Leila Sebbar's Sherazade

Baskoro, Taufan (2024) Shattering the Illusion of Representation in Leila Sebbar's Sherazade. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture, ICOLLEC 2023, 25-27 October 2023, Bali, Indonesia.

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By using Lacanian theory, I argue that Leila Sebbar's Sherazade depicts Orientalist representation which gave a false image and identity to Algerian women. The fact that representation is no longer about the referent but rather more on concepts makes us misrecognize our own identity especially when

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Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2026 17:53
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URI: http://eprints.eai.eu/id/eprint/50316

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