Depiction of Exile as dispossession in Leila Aboulela’s Minaret (2005)

Kyomuhendo Sarah
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Exile as a key feature in Leila Aboulela’s Minaret (2005). Also prevalent is the theme of dispossession in exile. This article discusses the experiences of exiles in Leila Aboulela’s (2005) Minaret; it investigates the depiction of exile as dispossession in the mentioned novel. It traces why and how exile becomes a subject of dispossession due to the undesirable but sometimes inevitable experiences associated with exile. The study was premised on the postcolonial theory – which seeks to deconstruct the legacy of colonialism and is concerned with the impact of European imperialism on both the colonised and coloniser. Texts based on this theory were used to analyse the novel under study. The data was obtained by a close reading of the primary texts along with secondary texts from the internet and others in print. A textual checklist was used to guide and organise the data collection stage. The study found that forms of dispossession include displacement and rootlessness, identity crisis, cultural loss, and Islamophobia. It was seen that most of these forms were a result of the attitudes and structures that were developed during European imperialism and have been perpetrated by the imbalance of power that existed between the colonisers and the colonised. It was also revealed that these negative experiences are brought about by a cultural and power dynamic that makes an exile an outsider and inferior in society; the exile, thus (exiles), lacks representation and a voice. This hinders the integration into the new society and leaves an exile without a concrete sense of belonging or identity
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Leila Aboulela 的《尖塔》(2005 年)将流放描绘成剥夺
流亡是 Leila Aboulela 的作品 Minaret(2005 年)的主要特征。同样普遍的是流亡中被剥夺的主题。本文讨论了莱拉-阿布莱拉(2005 年)的《尖塔》中流亡者的经历;研究了上述小说中将流亡描写为剥夺。文章追溯了流亡者为何以及如何因与流亡相关的不可取但有时是不可避免的经历而成为被剥夺的主体。研究以后殖民主义理论为前提--该理论旨在解构殖民主义的遗产,关注欧洲帝国主义对殖民者和被殖民者的影响。基于这一理论的文本被用来分析所研究的小说。数据是通过仔细阅读主要文本以及来自互联网和其他印刷品的次要文本获得的。在数据收集阶段,使用了文本核对表来指导和组织数据收集工作。研究发现,剥夺的形式包括流离失所和无根、身份危机、文化丧失和伊斯兰恐惧症。研究发现,这些形式大多是欧洲帝国主义时期形成的态度和结构造成的,殖民者和被殖民者之间存在的权力不平衡使其长期存在。研究还发现,这些负面经历是由文化和权力动态造成的,这种动态使流亡者成为局外人,在社会中处于劣势地位;因此,流亡者(被流放者)没有代表权和发言权。这阻碍了流亡者融入新社会,使他们没有具体的归属感或身份认同感。
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