Identity Crisis in Mohsin's Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf

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الملخص

This study aims at discussing Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf. The thesis starts exploring the nature of identity crisis in both novels concentrating on the reasons behind having such a crisis. The study employs cultural studies and postcolonial terminologies in order to show how the protagonists of the two novels suffer from identity crisis. The study unveils the traumatic disposition of the immigrants, represented by the protagonists of the twonovels, as a result of confronting cultural differences between their native culture and the American one. It is divided into an introduction, two chapters and a conclusion. The introduction deals with identity crisis, the image of Muslims, and paves the way for the discussions in the next two chapters. The first chapter discusses The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the study showing the impact of 9/11 attacks on the identity of the protagonist, Chanegz, in a way that it is considered as the main reason behind having identity crisis for him and Muslims in America. The second chapter focusses onThe Girl in the Tangerine Scarf exploring the issue of "identity" among Arab Americans. The novel raises the question of how onecanbe an Arab, American and Muslim at the same time. This fundamental question will be discussed among other issues such as: What is religious/cultural identity? What are the conditions and problems of belonging? What is the position of Muslims residing in America? The conclusion states the contribution the thesis presents in discussing identity crisis in the context of 9/11as portrayed in the two novels and from a comparative outlook.

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رقم الوثيقة

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نوع الوسائط

Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

صيغة المصدر

رسائل ماجيستير

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بيانات النشر

ترجمة العنوان

أزمة الهوية في رواية -الأصولي المتردد- للكاتب محسن حميد ورواية -الفتاة ذات الوشاح التارنجي- لمهجة القحف

ألقاب المؤلفين

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اللغة

English

المصدر والدورية

اسم المصدر

Identity Crisis in Mohsin's Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Mohja Kahf's The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf

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إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Rasha Maqableh

الإعداد

Muhamed Nayef M. Al Mutlaq

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