Home and Identity in Randa Jarrar's A Map of Home
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2023-06
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université mohamed boudiaf .m'sila
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This dissertation aims to shed light on how Arab American author Randa Jarrar handles the concepts of identity and home in her semi-autobiographical coming of age novel A Map of Home. She gives a specific perspective of her country and what ancient Palestine means to her, in her portrayal of the lives of a diasporic Palestinian American family. The novel's protagonist describes her family's adversity while also reflecting on her own experience of traveling and experiencing different cultures. Using past-colonial and physical analytic theory, we apply two key methodologies to investigate and analyze the ideas of "home" and "identity" in this dissertation. Examining the role of home in defining identity and evaluating the connection between "Home" and "memory" are the goals of this dissertation. Presenting the Protagonists’ cultural heritage, identity, and their surroundings at home affect them.
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Key words: Home, Identity, Diaspora, Culture Identity, Memory