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Item Evil, secularism and religion in Hermann Hesse’s Demian (1919) and in selected poems by Wallace Stevens(University of Oum El Bouaghi, 2018) Halem, Asma; Bougherara, KhemissiModern literature is usually viewed as secular. This view is based on assumptions proposed by a waning secularization thesis which argues that advancement in modernity will lead to the displacement of religion. Against this scholarship, there has recently been a resurgence of interest in religion and secularism among literary critics. The post-secular literary studies enabled reengagement with religion in works that were perceived to be secular. For twentieth century modernists, religious frameworks continue to be attractive. They have ambivalent attitudes to both religion and secularism which permits a secular reading of their works. By focusing on the secular and religious dichotomy, post-secular studies run the risk of maintaining the boundaries it set to deconstruct. This research proposes the introduction of a third element. The focus of this research is the concept of Evil in its relationship to both secularism and religion. This research, through literature review, critical analysis, as well as symbolic and hermeneutical reading, aims to engage the notion of secularism, religion and evil in the novel of Demian (1919) by Hermann Hesse, and the poems of Wallace Stevens namely "Sunday Morning" and Esthétique du Mal." This research concludes that Evil plays as both an agent and a challenge to secularism.Item From terror to horror: gothic prose through horace walpole’s the castle of otranto and Thomas Disch’s The Priest(University of Oum El Bouaghi, 2018) Belghalem, Ahlem; Bougherara, KhemissiThis study examines the notions of terror and horror in Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto and Thomas Disch's The Priest: A Gothic Romance; two works which belong to two different centuries, in order to investigate whether there has been a shift from terror to horror over time through analysing the two works critically. Gothic fiction draws its elements from social anxieties, therefore, social changes affect Gothic narratives and the devices that are used to excite the desired feelings. Hence, this study delves into the narratives in order to examine the presence of both notions as well as how both are expressed. Its main theoretical framework is based on Ann Radcliffe's distinction between the two notions as well as the notion of the sublime. It aims to further explore the difference between terror and horror and to delineate the elements of fear that range from getting lost in dark labyrinths to anti-Catholicism and lascivious behaviour. This study finds that the focus shifts to horror and explicit depiction of horrid events with a faint presence of terror which serves to build up anticipation to elevate the mind and experience the sublime. It concludes that the focus shifts slightly towards horror while preserving terror as a means of apprehension which, with the right events, may lead to horror.