Reconstructing African-American Identity: A Transcultural Reading of Octavia Butler’s Kindred 1979 and Colson Whitehead’s the Intuitionist 1999
| المصدر: | مجلة البحث العلمي في الآداب |
|---|---|
| الناشر: | جامعة عين شمس - كلية البنات للآداب والعلوم والتربية |
| المؤلف الرئيسي: | El-Diwany, Fatma Khalil Mostafa (Author) |
| المجلد/العدد: | ع21, ج3 |
| محكمة: | نعم |
| الدولة: |
مصر |
| التاريخ الميلادي: |
2020
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| الشهر: | أبريل |
| الصفحات: | 67 - 88 |
| DOI: |
10.21608/JSSA.2020.107293 |
| ISSN: |
2356-8321 |
| رقم MD: | 1086266 |
| نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
| قواعد المعلومات: | AraBase |
| مواضيع: | |
| كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية: |
African-American Identity | Kindred | Intuitionist | Afrofuturism | Critical Race Theory | Science Fiction | Stereotypes
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| رابط المحتوى: |
عدد مرات التحميل
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| المستخلص: |
The identity formation of African-Americans has primarily been determined by the ethnological white discourse and the stereotypical representation of their long history through its Eurocentric perspective. Against such a discursive hegemony, the leading African-American writers as well as the transcultural critics have tried to open new channels of expression, in order to provide a more authentic version of their own legacy. In connection with this, the present paper proposes an analytic reading of Kindred, the time-travel novel of black American, science-fiction writer, Octavia Butler and The Intuitionist, the speculative fiction novel of black American novelist Colson Whitehead. Taken as representative works of avant-garde writing, both novels presumably reveal how writers and critics, alike, have frequently attempted to reconstruct the Afro-American integrity, via ‗Afrofuturism‘ and the ‗Critical Race Theory‘. In the process, they have challenged stereotypes and questioned Euro-centric representations, only to offer possible, alternative futures, through science fiction. This study will, consequently, contend that science fiction, as a literary genre, provides not only a redeeming escape for the African-American identity but also a secure refuge, in an age of widespread scientific ventures and extensive technological advancements. |
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| ISSN: |
2356-8321 |
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