Sovereign Power alongside Foucauldian Power: A Study of Panopticon as a Means of Power in the Autumn of the Patriarch

This study detects the notion of “power” in The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez throughout the idea of Foucauldian Panopticon. This implication is approached through the figure of the “double". It is believed that Garcia Marquez's novel is viewed as an original reflection on the use and abuse of power. Garcia Marquez's work suggests different looking toward power both sovereignty as a tyrant and also the Foucauldian one. The article notes that the idea of Panopticon presented in the novel reinforces the tyrant's sovereignty. KEY TERMS: power, disciplinary power, Sovereign power, Panopticon, docile body