"A World Full of Doors": Postapocalyptic Hospitality in Mohsin Hamid's Exit West

IF 0.5 3区 文学 0 LITERATURE MFS-Modern Fiction Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1353/mfs.2022.0039
Penny Vlagopoulos
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Abstract:This essay contends that though hospitality is always threatened by its double—hostility—the dire displacement crisis of our time requires that we theorize new forms of solidarity across geopolitical borders. Exit West promotes hospitality by activating links between people on small and large scales and suggests that forging relationships with distant others is a necessary project for a robust planetary community. The novel thereby attunes us to ways in which aesthetic engagements with refugees can critique the criminalization of the worldwide movement of peoples and resuscitate a commitment to hospitality.
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“一个充满门的世界”:莫辛·哈米德(Mohsin Hamid)的《西方出口》中的后世界末日式款待
摘要:本文认为,虽然好客总是受到双重敌意的威胁,但我们这个时代可怕的流离失所危机要求我们将跨越地缘政治边界的新形式的团结理论化。Exit West通过激活人们在大小尺度上的联系来促进热情好客,并表明与远方的人建立关系是一个强大的星球社区的必要项目。因此,这部小说让我们意识到,与难民的审美接触可以批判世界范围内的人民流动的犯罪化,并重振对好客的承诺。
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期刊介绍: Modern Fiction Studies publishes engaging articles on prominent works of modern and contemporary fiction. Emphasizing historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches, the journal encourages a dialogue between fiction and theory, publishing work that offers new theoretical insights, clarity of style, and completeness of argument. Modern Fiction Studies alternates general issues dealing with a wide range of texts with special issues focused on single topics or individual writers.
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