After World War II, the concept of human beings became a new place in western philosophy. The issue of the confrontation of man with another human beings has led to the design of the "other" theory as "existential", which ultimately leads to a moral affair. In line with these ethical changes, Emmanuel Levinas poses the reality of the Other and considers his presence in our lives, our identity and our feelings inescapable. This research analyzes the emotional relationships between the characters of two novels :"Madame Bovary"of Gustav Flaubert and "Two Landscapes" by Ghazaleh Alizadeh based on Levinas philosophical opinions. Let's begin by analyzing Levinas's philosophical and theoretical foundations of the "other" question. In the following sections we will find that one of the main themes of Flaubert and Alizadeh's works is the importance of a "other" position in the relationship of characters. Then we will study the various aspects of the concept of "other", such as "face", "sense of responsibility", and "femininity", and finally, by analyzing these dimensions in reviewing the relationships between characters, complete our research. We get In sum, the main focus of this research is to describe how the characters of these two novels encounter each other in their own situation with the "other".
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