نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
Aware of identity’s significance in social relations, group interactions, and interdisciplinary research, the current research seeks to locate its concept and topic in the immigrants’ identity in Gosal (1995) by Sasan Ghahreman and My Name Is Leila (2010) by Bita Malakuti. The novels not only concentrate on the immigrants' social and individual challenges, but also articulate their similarities and differences given their specific conditions through selecting, streamlining, and differentiating the form of literary expression, lifestyle, personal standpoints, and events that are either linear or intertangled. Accordingly, by exploiting qualitative research and historical documents along with examining the immigrants’ self-scrutiny and identity indexes, the present research will elucidate and analyze the immigrants’ multiple identities such as hybrid identity, liminal identity, and disrupted/traumatized identity. Also, it will probe into the complexities of the immigration phenomenon to examine the relationship between immigration and the common criteria for movements across borders by paying attention to the realities of society and its link with the immigrants’ position. The goal of this identity-oriented study is to identify these novels’ potential not only for developing and representing human beings’ fundamental and existential elements but also for obviating the cultural and identity obstacles of overseas Iranians.
کلیدواژهها English
- Bhabha, H. K. (1990). Nation and Narration. London: Routledge [In French].
- Bhabha, H. K (2004). The Location of Culture. London and New York: Routledge.
- Hall, Stuart (2003). “Cultural Identity and Diaspora.” In Theorizing Diaspora, eds. Jana Evans Braziel, and Anita Mannur. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Luckhurst, Roger. (2008). The Trauma Question. London: Routledge.
