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Title TRAUMA AND DISLOCATION: A CRITIQUE OF SELECTED FICTION BY CONTEMPORARY ARAB DIASPORIC AUTHORS

Author(s) MALEEHA AAMIR

Abstract This study analyzes the traumatic experiences of the characters in Salt Houses (2017) by Hala Alyan and The Map of Salt and Stars (2018) by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar. The present study utilizes Michelle Balaev’s claims regarding the pluralistic framework to analyze trauma which focuses on the contextual aspects involved in the experience that the characters endure in the chosen novels. The selected fiction is analyzed by focusing on the function of the protagonist and the primacy of place in relation to the trauma experienced by the characters. The concept of intergenerational or transgenerational trauma has also been examined in the selected works to highlight the diverseness of the pluralistic model of studying trauma. To support the conceptual framework this dissertation uses the method of textual analysis. The analysis of the selected fictional narratives highlights the manner in which trauma disrupts the lives of the characters due to the continuous presence of war and dislocation. Appropriating these concepts in the present study also highlights a reformulation in the personality of the characters populating the two selected texts.

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Language English

Publication Date 2021-08-30

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