Published : 2026-08-31

The Loss of Sight as an Embodied Experience

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The sudden loss of sight entails changes in the experience of corporeality related to the awareness of the body’s boundaries and sensations arising from within it, as well as to external aspects of physicality that are crucial in social relationships. This article provides a descriptive and critical analysis of how the specific nature of the bodily experiences of a literary character who suffers an unexpected loss of sight is presented. The theoretical framework for the analysis of Jana Frey’s In the Dark is Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s concept of “staring,” which addresses social reactions to non-normative bodies. The plot illustrates the modification process of the bodily self, beginning with feelings of complete detachment from reality and a sense of alienation, progressing through the gradual recognition of the characteristics of the altered physicality, to an appreciation of its functional potential.

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loss of sight, disability, body, corporeality, social relations



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Czerwińska, K. (2026). The Loss of Sight as an Embodied Experience. Facta Simonidis, online first: 31 sierpnia 2026. https://doi.org/10.56583/fs.3146

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