The comparative study of identity and language hybridity in the structure and content of The Little Mother and The Disappearance of the French language

Document Type : Original Research

Authors
Mahzad Sheikholislami 1
Zeinab Rezvantalab 2
1 Lecturer of Italian Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tehran University
2 Assistant Professor of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tehran University
Abstract


The identity crisis and Existential dichotomy are among axial issues of immigration literature; however one of the principal critters of postcolonial literature is the effort of author to inverse the power status between the colonizer’s language and colonizer’s language which is a form of Soft Clash with Colonialism. That way, the study of intelligent exchanges between these two languages in literary work, explains the position, skill, and creativity of the author for using the language tool. This paper proposes to highlight the influence of common and similar experiences of Italian-somalin author, Cristina Ali Farah, and Algerian francophone author, Assia Djebar in their novels: The Little Mother and The Disappearance of the French language. At first, we present the style of writing of these authors relying on postcolonial literature expert Zabus. Then, we study the tight relationship between the language and identity concept, by using analytical-comparative method and emphasizing the approach of American School.

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