سيميائيّة العتبات ودورها في تجسيد الصّراع الذّاتيّ للكاتبة مع المجتمع: "من شكاوى المبدعين" لميسون أسدي أنموذجًا

Abstract

This study examines the semiotic thresholds in Maysoun Asadi’s literary collection Min Shakāwā al-Mubdiʿīn [Among the Complaints of Creatives]. In this collection, Asadi uses semiotic thresholds to express her relationship with herself and society. She goes beyond semantics to include visual symbols, especially by presenting paintings before each story. This highlights that she surpasses the semantic expression of suffering by conveying the narrative through paintings that reflect her deep pain. In other words, the meanings, visual symbols, metanarratives, intertextuality, and hybridity in Asadi’s collection establish semiotic thresholds on which the author depicts a reality that fails to do justice to female writers and other creative artists. Asadi’s collection shows how linguistic and non-linguistic representations act as semiotic thresholds that illustrate concepts both effectively and affectively—creating symbolic spaces that reflect not only the author’s own internal conflict and struggle with society but also that of other women.