A Comparative Study on the Indicators of the Resistance Pattern in the Fictional Literature of Native American Women and Palestinian Muslims; Based on the Novels of Linda Grover and Randa Abdel-Fattah

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1 Ph.D. Student, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Human and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Karaj, Iran. (Corresponding Author)

3 Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Translation, Faculty of Human Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Shahr Qods Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The history and individual and social identity of a nation are emerged from the context of that nation's literature, and if this identity is damaged, its signs are more evident in literature. Colonial and post-colonial literature in colonized and occupied societies is of great importance in embodying the reality of what has happened and its consequences, as well as various aspects of the lives of societies. In this type of literature, women writers often play a broader role; because of the similarity of mother and homeland as the root of individual existence and social identity formation, women have a better understanding of the abduction of the motherland and ancestral heritage, and they also play an active educational role in the hopeful rebirth of newborn children, away from sagging and depression, in this tense origin. The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the resistance pattern in the books entitled "In the Night of Memory" by Linda Grover and "Where the Streets Had a Name" by Randa Abdel-Fattah, based on the theories of literary criticism of Homi K. Bhabha and Anya Lumba. The results showed that the resistance pattern in both books is presented using similar symbols, tools, and formats; formats such as storytelling, relying on ancient customs and traditions, paying attention to the elements of the native nature of each land, remembering the role of women in rebuilding national identity in the form of storytelling and remembering past memories, recovering individual and national identity from the ambiguous mixed identity resulted from imitating the invader culture, focusing on oral storytelling as a link between the past and present generations, and defeating the hegemony of colonialism and strengthening self-confidence.

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این مقاله برگرفته از رساله دکتری نفیسه ایران‌پور است که با حمایت علمی و معنوی علوم تحقیقات دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی تهران انجام شده است. 

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The Islamic Journal Of Women and The Family
Volume 12, Issue 3 - Serial Number 36
September 2024
Pages 79-100

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