A Study of the Otherness of Identity in Teen Novels (A Case Study of Jamila Govin’s Novel the Horse’s Eye)
Identity is a phenomenon that is created in the course of social communication by establishing a boundary between the self and the other. The significance of this concept during adolescence calls for a rethinking of it in the field of literature. By borrowing Western concepts and values and combinin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Allameh Tabataba'i University Press
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī |
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| Online Access: | https://ltr.atu.ac.ir/article_9160_7b112666b48a8fe6401350ee35bee7a8.pdf |
| Summary: | Identity is a phenomenon that is created in the course of social communication by establishing a boundary between the self and the other. The significance of this concept during adolescence calls for a rethinking of it in the field of literature. By borrowing Western concepts and values and combining them with Eastern identity characteristics, Jamila Gavin depicts the identity-making and acceptance of immigrants in The Eye of the Horse. It is the purpose of this paper to answer the following questions: how do the identity-making elements of the West challenge and change the identity of immigrants? What role do factors such as otherness, bilingualism, etc. play in shaping an individual's identity? The novel The Eye of the Horse consequently examines the relationship between the characters as symbols of the East and the West, as well as the suspension and consolidation of their identities in a Western-dominant environment. Based on the results of this study, the author has constructed an intermediate space in the novel that integrates both the decentered and the centered attitudes of East and West toward each other, as well as justifying the superiority of the West through the creation of linked subjects that constitute the identity of the teenage characters. As an introduction to the civilized world and globalization, he has also emphasized the naturalization and diminution of indigenous identities. |
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| ISSN: | 2251-7138 2476-6186 |