“I Came Only to Use the Phone”: Márquez’ Existential Nightmare of Conformity

سال انتشار: 1399
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 18 آذر 1399

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Existentialism paves the way against conformity and objectification and excludes the external impositions uponone’s life. Humankind is always free to choose and responsible for his/her actions, and it is through this process that thehe/she can lead an authentic life away from blindfoldedness. However, such existential potency is not always granted tohumanity due to the very situation of the mother society. As an allegory of the human condition in society, Márquez’ “ICame Only to Use the Phone” contrasts the individual’s subjectivity with the objectifying tools of the controllinginstitutions. As such, this short story highlights the process through which an individual loses his/her subjectivity withinthe conforming policies of the society and becomes an object against his/her initial will to freedom. Márquez’protagonist María represents an individual whose situation in society, in existential terms, is intricately establishedagainst her will to freedom in a way that freedom itself becomes imprisonment. Playing with the overtones of existentialfreedom, Márquez’ short story challenges the means to such freedom in a way that María's situation unveils theexistential fear that lies at the background of our existential struggles in life.

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Shahin Keshavarz

Department of English, Shiraz Payam Noor University, Iran

Mohammad-Javad Haj’jari

Department of English, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran