Partly Familiar, Partly Novel Too: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West
This article proposes a reading of Hamid’s novel Exit West (2017) that pays attention to the tropes and formulas of fantasy and science fiction used to frame an account of the so-called refugee crisis. Although the novel portrays situations rooted in the global concern regarding migrants, Hamid stru...
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Language: | English |
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
2020-02-01
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Series: | Nuevas Poligrafías, Revista de Teoría Literaria y Literatura Comparada |
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Online Access: | http://revistas.filos.unam.mx/index.php/nuevaspoligrafias/article/view/1111 |