Research Article

MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

Volume: 22 Number: 3 September 29, 2020
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MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST

Abstract

Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, published in 2007, is a novel that focuses on the ideological standpoint of a young Pakistani man, Changez, who seeks for a solid standing ground in his own cultural origins after his educational and professional life in the US that westernized him fully. The novel, narrated within a frame story, is set on a single evening in Lahore where Changez tells his life back in America to an American in a café. Changez’s narration follows the story of his past with flashbacks and he leads the reader through his ideological change. Thus, purpose of this study is to question Changez’s ideological change after the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York 2001. As memory traces his own past through what he went under during the 9/11 attacks, his approach to his western acquaintance in the Lahore café changes. This paper, therefore, raises questions as to whether memories change one’s ideology in terms of their political stance, or one’s cultural origins that determine them.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 29, 2020

Submission Date

January 9, 2020

Acceptance Date

February 27, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 22 Number: 3

APA
Çelikel, M. (2020). MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 22(3), 877-887. https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.672702
AMA
1.Çelikel M. MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST. DEU Journal of GSSS. 2020;22(3):877-887. doi:10.16953/deusosbil.672702
Chicago
Çelikel, Mehmet. 2020. “MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 22 (3): 877-87. https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.672702.
EndNote
Çelikel M (September 1, 2020) MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 22 3 877–887.
IEEE
[1]M. Çelikel, “MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST”, DEU Journal of GSSS, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 877–887, Sept. 2020, doi: 10.16953/deusosbil.672702.
ISNAD
Çelikel, Mehmet. “MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 22/3 (September 1, 2020): 877-887. https://doi.org/10.16953/deusosbil.672702.
JAMA
1.Çelikel M. MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST. DEU Journal of GSSS. 2020;22:877–887.
MLA
Çelikel, Mehmet. “MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 3, Sept. 2020, pp. 877-8, doi:10.16953/deusosbil.672702.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Çelikel. MEMORY AND IDEOLOGY IN MOHSIN HAMID’S THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST. DEU Journal of GSSS. 2020 Sep. 1;22(3):877-8. doi:10.16953/deusosbil.672702

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