University of Kurdistan Critical Literary Studies 2676-699X 3 1 2021 03 01 Villain-Becoming and Body without Organs: A Deleuze-Guattarian Rhizoanalysis of Paul Auster’s Invisible 55 67 61717 10.34785/J014.2021.530 EN Moein Moradi MA in English Language and Literature, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran Nasser Maleki English department, faculty of art &amp;amp; humanities, Razi Universality Kermanshah Journal Article 2020 08 02 The present paper seeks to argue that the opposing roles Paul Auster has devised for his protagonists in <em>Invisible</em> (2010) evolve around metamorphosic changes in their behaviors in terms of Deleuze and Guattari’s rhizome theory. While the protagonist undertakes a Deleuzian Bocoming to be a villain, the antagonist possesses a radical form of a Body without Organ. This study thus defines its main assignment to find the relevant Deleuze-Guattarian flickers within the novel. Deleuze and Guattari launch their notions of Becoming and BwO within their theory of Rhizome. To substantiate this, six principles of the rhizomatic expansion (including connection, heterogeneity, multiplicity, a signifying rupture, cartography, and decalcomania) are examined vis-à-vis<em>Invisible</em>. The story’s main characters would thus exhibit their rhizomatic and nomadic inclinations while the novel’s narration and setting would add to the multiplicitous dimension of the story. Ultimately, through such rhizomatic praxis, this paper identifies radical de-territorialization – or breaking free from social norms – as a major Austrian technique to portray the predicaments of contemporary American lifestyle. https://cls.uok.ac.ir/article_61717_0a8e36cfd27b78b9c51a5d584ea48954.pdf