Acculturated Identities in Hanan Al-Shaykh's Only in London | ||
| مجلة کلية الآداب .جامعة بورسعيد | ||
| Article 6, Volume 26, Issue 26, October 2023, Pages 72-93 PDF (334.76 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jfpsu.2023.223519.1281 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hossam M. Alashqar* | ||
| Department of English Faculty of Arts, Port Said University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hanan Al-Shaykh's novel Only in London(2001) represents an embodiment of John Berry's theory of acculturation in the sense that her characters cross borders to a new culture that necessitates various degrees of adaptation. Those characters have been gathered on a turbulent plane operating from Dubai (East) to London (West) in their attempts to reconstruct their deformed identities. At home, conditions differed for each one of them and imposed a certain kind of psychological exile that hindered any specific social or economic fulfillment. Thus, acculturation has been their fatal choice, and each one has come into contact with the host culture through Berry's acculturation strategies: separation, marginalization, assimilation and integration. The study investigates the four cases of acculturation in light of their original culture and reflects on the degree of fulfillment; if any, to which they could be evaluated as acculturated identities. In addition, it uncovers the hindering factors that contributed in thwarting full acculturation of the four protagonists. رواية حنان الشيخ لندن ياعزيزى (2001) تمثل تجسيدا جليا لنظرية جون بيرى للذوبان الثقافي بمعنى أن شخوصها يعبرون الحدود إلى ثقافة جديده تتطلب درجات متفاوتة من التكيف. فالشخوص يتجمعون على متن طائره أصابها الخلل في رحلتها من دبى (الشرق) إلى لندن (الغرب) في سعيهم لإعادة تشكيل هوياتهم المشوهة. وقد تباينت الظروف في أوطانهم وفرضت عليهم نوعًا من المنفى والعزلة النفسية التي منعت بدورها أي نوع من الرضا الاقتصادي أو الاجتماعي. وبذلك كان الذوبان الثقافي هو خيارهم المصيري وكان إتصالهم بالثقافة الجديدة في إطار إستراتيجيات جون بيرى التي تشمل الانفصال ، التهميش ، الإستيعاب ، الإندماج. والدراسة الحالية تفحص حالات الذوبان للشخوص الأربعة في ضوء الثقافات الأصلية وتعكس أبعاد الرضا لديهم- إن وجد- حتى يمكن الحكم إذا كانوا قد أنجزوا الذوبان الثقافي أم لا. وتكشف الدراسة أيضا النقاب عن العوامل التي أسهمت في منع اكتمال الذوبان الثقافي للشخصيات الأربع . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Berry؛ acculturation؛ separation؛ integration؛ marginalization؛ assimilation; بيرى; التثاقف; الإنفصال; الإندماج; التهميش; الإستيعاب | ||
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