المعيار
Volume 30, Numéro 4, Pages 69-75
2026-09-15
Dissociation And The Anatomy Of The 'inner Other' In Stephen King’s The Dark Half
Authors : Khanfri Abdelmounaim .
Abstract
Stephen King’s The Dark Half offers a thorough investigation of the authorial shadow self. This article examines how unassimilated trauma displays in the artistic mind by scrutinizing the conflict between the protagonist Thad Beaumont and his alter-ego, George Stark. First using R.D. Laing’s "false-self system," and then employing Cathy Caruth’s theories on belatedness, the research locates Stark as the bodily reoccurrence of biological trauma. Eventually, the article concludes that conquering the gloomier, instinctual self impends psychological existence, demonstrating that creative dissociation is both an essential prerequisite for authorship and a site of petrifying, fractured identity. Key words : Stephen King; R.D. Laing; Cathy Caruth; trauma; dissociation; the shadow self; The Dark Half.
Keywords
the shadow self ; dissociation ; trauma ; The Dark Half ; Cathy Caruth ; R.D. Laing ; Stephen King
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