Traces of Hegel's logic and Heidegger's identity and difference in : anaya's novel (bless me, ultimo)‎

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his article examines the confluence of some concepts of two outstanding philosophical figures Hegel’s “Sameness and Difference” and Heidegger’s “Identity and Difference” that are embedded in Anaya’s fictitious novel Bless Me, Ultima, published in 1971.

The traces of these concepts are widely apparent, especially, when Anaya debates his protagonist’s identity and his quest of becoming mature and self fulfilled.

In fact, a concomitant scholarly focus has been put on this subject matter of identity construction, yet either adopting the concepts of the former theorist or the latter divergently.

Nevertheless, in this article, I argue to bring the concepts of both theorists together so as to overcome potentially the limitations of each.

The key concept I propose to achieve from this study is self-identity development in Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima through the lens of Hegel’s logic and Heidegger’s identity and difference