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Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth

Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2 31 Aralık 2022
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Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth

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Awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021, Gurnah’s Gravel Heart can be considered as a bildungsroman, which delineates the repercussions of colonialism on the individuals of once colonized societies. It tells the story of a growing young boy who both psychologically and geographically becomes estranged from his self and his hometown due to the impacts and outcomes that the colonial powers have left on the individuals of the country. Through narrating some details of the colonial era, having started in Zanzibar in the 1890, the novel mainly focuses on the consequences that a family experience after the Zanzibar Revolution in 1963. Through this novel, Gurnah gives a message that colonization has not ended but continues in another form called cultural colonization. In this respect, underlining the societal labefaction that emerged after the colonial period and instilled the feelings of hopelessness and estrangements in the psyches of the individuals of once colonized societies, this article tries to reveal the impacts of colonization on the self through highlighting the protagonist Salim’s experiences and self-estrangement.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

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Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Aralık 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

19 Ağustos 2022

Kabul Tarihi

14 Aralık 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Taş, M. R. (2022). Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 7(2), 241-251. https://doi.org/10.33905/bseusbed.1164478
AMA
1.Taş MR. Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2022;7(2):241-251. doi:10.33905/bseusbed.1164478
Chicago
Taş, Mehmet Recep. 2022. “Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7 (2): 241-51. https://doi.org/10.33905/bseusbed.1164478.
EndNote
Taş MR (01 Aralık 2022) Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7 2 241–251.
IEEE
[1]M. R. Taş, “Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth”, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 7, sy 2, ss. 241–251, Ara. 2022, doi: 10.33905/bseusbed.1164478.
ISNAD
Taş, Mehmet Recep. “Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 7/2 (01 Aralık 2022): 241-251. https://doi.org/10.33905/bseusbed.1164478.
JAMA
1.Taş MR. Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 2022;7:241–251.
MLA
Taş, Mehmet Recep. “Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 7, sy 2, Aralık 2022, ss. 241-5, doi:10.33905/bseusbed.1164478.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Recep Taş. Unhomeliness, Self-Estrangement, and Labefaction in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Hearth. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 01 Aralık 2022;7(2):241-5. doi:10.33905/bseusbed.1164478