The Undisclosed Meaning in the Discourse of Madness: “Alfachouche in the Judgment of Qaraqosh” as a Case Study

Abstract

This interpretive approach is concerned with discovering a deep structure based mainly on conflict and tension between actors who seek to possess power, especially if these factors belong to different nationalities, and the characteristics of their personalities are characterized by antagonism and divergence. This is because the discovery of this structure aids in liberation from the mirror reference reading, and enables us to build an interpretive model for all forms of power struggle, which move from reality to discourse, and take laughter, humour, and sarcasm as a method of resistance and symbolically killing the other. Hence, we do not care about the conformity of these stories to the historical personality of Qaraqosh, and the extent of their sincerity or falsity, because the story is a fictional genre whose strength is in what it symbolizes of indications capable of reviving in every reading according to contexts and stations. This revival seems clear through the introductions of Ibn Mamati and Imam Al-Suyuti, because the context as a determinant of interpretation differs in each of them, and this difference is what directs the mechanisms of understanding and perception. It can be said that we are in the presence of two contexts: the implicit advice context and the educational context.