The study of the social phenomenon of anomie and its reflection in A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

In this article, with a socio-critical approach, we will study the social phenomenon of anomie and its reflection in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossein, one of the contemporary American writers of Afghan origin. Through his realistic and literary power, he represents a society, which suffers from the crisis due to war and suicide and whose norms and values are questioned by the actions of its members. Hosseini's romantic universe, which sheds precious light on contemporary Afghan society, takes a stand in favor of women. The author puts women at the center of his work and paints, in the eyes of readers, a society in which women, as the main characters, are the victims of anomie. In fact, his work portrays social realities and female suffering in a prodigious way. First, by drawing on the ideas of sociologists and philosophers such as Émile Durkheim, Chazel and Guyau, we will identify the theoretical orientations which seek to elucidate the conception of anomie. Then, to carry out our in-depth analysis, we will study the absence of norms and values in the society in question. We will examine how Hosseini's romantic universe reveals different aspects of anomic society in the midst of a crisis. Finally, from the same perspective, we will look at Zima's approach to support the transformation of the absence of norms and values into textual elements.