Being and Space Representation Dislocation and Identity Malaise of Exiled Characters in Ethnic American Fiction: Case Studies: Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Gracía), The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (Mohja Kahf), The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)

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The present thesis presents a critical study of how three contemporary ethnic American women writers present three exile cases and counter hegemonic discourses throughout them as regards notions of belonging, home and identity. The process of identity making is discussed through an examination of the female protagonists’ development in Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban, Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf and Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. I have chosen a Cuban American, an Arab American and an Afro-American writer as typical representatives of the cultures of the “other” in the USA in order toback up the argument of alterity. In the discussion of these works, the focusis on how the protagonists construct new meanings of exile that challenge previous conventions regarding the concept. While the protagonists resist conventional meanings of exile as well as gender roles and patriarchy; throughout their works, the authors reactagainst imperialistic and supremacist structures and seek to recuperate the sense of pride in cultural difference. In this research, I attempt to highlight how these three literary works are counter-narratives at many levels. On the one hand, the protagonists celebrate the feminist call for gender equality and defy the patriarchal structures in their respective societies; and thus create a counter-narrative regarding gender issues. On the other hand, they create counter-narratives regarding the histories of their respective homelands that are hitherto narrated by the omniscient Western narrator. At yet another level, the protagonists present counter-narratives regarding their cultural practices that have hitherto been regarded as archaic, backward, and not fit to adapt to the avant-garde changes of the Western world.

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نوع الوسائط

Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

صيغة المصدر

رسائل دكتوراة

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English

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اسم المصدر

Being and Space Representation Dislocation and Identity Malaise of Exiled Characters in Ethnic American Fiction: Case Studies: Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina Gracía), The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf (Mohja Kahf), The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)

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كلمات الباحثين

Exile / Patrie / Nostalgie / Appartenance / Identité / Hybridité / Assimilation / Fierté Ethnique

إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

Abbés Bahous

الإعداد

Hanaà Berrezoug

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