Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The International Virtual Conference, Discursive Forms: Memory and Identity, Bacau, Romanya, Bacau, Romanya, 15 Nisan 2021
Since the eradication of cultural
borders, the hybridity of discordant cultural elements and the deconstruction
of ideological bias generated in literary discourses were witnessed at late
modernity and post-modern period, the representation of the East perceived as
East-related has become essential. Postcolonial theory is an approach mainly
concerned with resolving the historical, political, economic, aesthetic, and
social impacts of the European colonial rule around the world between 18th
and 20th centuries. Homi K. Bhabha is one of the most prominent
figures of the postcolonial theory with some key terms that he proposed like
“hybridity, third space, in-between, etc.” While postcolonial theory
fundamentally refers to the development of a postcolonial identity of the
peoples in Asia and Africa, who had been once colonized by some European
nations, it is also possible to apply this theory on literary works produced
after the September 11 attacks in the USA (often referred to as 9/11) to
analyze the problems of identity of eastern people and especially of Muslims
based on the characters in these works. After the attacks, a bias against the
Muslims in the country started to appear for the attacks were launched by an
extremist Islamic organization. Based on this bias and stereotyping, Muslims in
the USA became the victims of social exclusion. The novel The Submission
(2011) by Amy Waldman is about an American Muslim architect and his problems of
identity. This study aims to analyze these identity problems making references
to the Homi K. Bhabha’s term “hybridity” in his theory.