Alienation and Unity of Writing : a Possibility of The Pain of Being Born

Abstract

Is it possible to analyze the discourse of The Pain of Being Born with a thoroughgoing attention to the specificity of written language? If it is, the meaning of the second person narrative as a literary device will be revealed, which differs from the meaning of the second person evoked in the immediate oral communication with the "you." That meaning also illumines the dimension of this piece which possesses something similar to the synchronistic space of language. This paper has attemted to reconsider the originality of this piece by objectifying the acts of writing and reading which constitute the text.