http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).27
10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).27
Published : Jun 2022
Exploring In-Betweenness after the Loss of Transcendental Signifier and Reversal of Binary Roles in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard
This paper aims to apply Derridean deconstructionism to Anton Chekov's The CherryOrchard to explore the emergence of new possibilities in the in-between space due to the loss of Transcendental signifiers and the reversal of binary roles. Derrida presents a universe wherein the Transcendental Signifier is lost, and the world is freed of a binaries-based signification system.Consequently, the area between binaries becomes the space where the polarity of binaries disintegrates. The in-between area suggests new possibilities emerging from the collapse of polarization. The worldview portrayed by Chekov in the play hinges on the in-between area where new possibilities emerge in the absence of a Transcendental Signifier. Orchard works as a TranscendentalSignifier in the text, but with its sale, the orchard loses its place as a value-giving entity. So, the play proceeds in the deconstructed world where the Transcendental Signifier is lost, and the polar conformity of binaries merges into each other in the in-betweenness.
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Chekov, Orchard, Transcendental Signifier, Binaries, In-Betweenness
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(1) Irum Iqbal
Lecturer, Government Associate College for Women, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Ahmad Naeem
Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan
(3) Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Sadiq Egerton Graduate College, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA : Iqbal, I., Naeem, A., & Shaheen, M. M. A. (2022). Exploring In-Betweenness after the Loss of Transcendental Signifier and Reversal of Binary Roles in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard. Global Regional Review, VII(II), 284-290. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).27
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CHICAGO : Iqbal, Irum, Ahmad Naeem, and Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen. 2022. "Exploring In-Betweenness after the Loss of Transcendental Signifier and Reversal of Binary Roles in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard." Global Regional Review, VII (II): 284-290 doi: 10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).27
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HARVARD : IQBAL, I., NAEEM, A. & SHAHEEN, M. M. A. 2022. Exploring In-Betweenness after the Loss of Transcendental Signifier and Reversal of Binary Roles in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard. Global Regional Review, VII, 284-290.
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MHRA : Iqbal, Irum, Ahmad Naeem, and Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen. 2022. "Exploring In-Betweenness after the Loss of Transcendental Signifier and Reversal of Binary Roles in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard." Global Regional Review, VII: 284-290
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MLA : Iqbal, Irum, Ahmad Naeem, and Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen. "Exploring In-Betweenness after the Loss of Transcendental Signifier and Reversal of Binary Roles in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard." Global Regional Review, VII.II (2022): 284-290 Print.
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OXFORD : Iqbal, Irum, Naeem, Ahmad, and Shaheen, Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad (2022), "Exploring In-Betweenness after the Loss of Transcendental Signifier and Reversal of Binary Roles in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard", Global Regional Review, VII (II), 284-290
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TURABIAN : Iqbal, Irum, Ahmad Naeem, and Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen. "Exploring In-Betweenness after the Loss of Transcendental Signifier and Reversal of Binary Roles in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard." Global Regional Review VII, no. II (2022): 284-290. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).27