Post-colonial reading of Isabel Allende’s the Japanese lover
Joint Authors
Source
International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation
Issue
Vol. 3, Issue 1 (31 Jan. 2020), pp.82-93, 12 p.
Publisher
Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development
Publication Date
2020-01-31
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
English Language and Literature
Abstract EN
This research will explore the result of studying different aspects of identity seeking and establishing it as a liminal-prone one in a hybridized atmosphere among the colonized in terms of post-colonial discourse, based on Bhabha’s theories in his book, The Location of Culture, and on Isabel Allende’s novel, The Japanese Lover (2015).
This study strives to expose the way through which the colonized characters’ identities in the novel undergo radical transformation through the third space which is heavily laced with qualities like ambivalence, stereotype, mimicry, and unhomeliness.
Isabel Allende is an author whose novels mostly are an attempt to delineate the process of identity shaping particularly in the USA, since identity has always been an obsession for human which is defined based on different properties, one of which refers to the nation, culture and the territories based on Bhabha’s notion of hybridity which stems from confrontation of the cultures of the oppressor and the oppressed in the process of colonization.
Generally, subject of identity in post-colonialism discourse is one in which people especially the colonized seeks for attachment.
It will be divulged through this analysis that how liminal quality which is created as the consequence of colonial discourses will result in creating a space in which the oppressed one undergo radical changes in forming identity and how their identities are susceptible to alteration and likely to be unstable and fugitive.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Shabrang, Huda& Karimi, Golnaz. 2020. Post-colonial reading of Isabel Allende’s the Japanese lover. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation،Vol. 3, no. 1, pp.82-93.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1499190
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Shabrang, Huda& Karimi, Golnaz. Post-colonial reading of Isabel Allende’s the Japanese lover. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation Vol. 3, no. 1 (2020), pp.82-93.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1499190
American Medical Association (AMA)
Shabrang, Huda& Karimi, Golnaz. Post-colonial reading of Isabel Allende’s the Japanese lover. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation. 2020. Vol. 3, no. 1, pp.82-93.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1499190
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 92-93
Record ID
BIM-1499190