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THE ANALYSIS OF “MOTHER TONGUE” BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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THE ANALYSIS OF “MOTHER TONGUE” BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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Ethnic minorities in America are always in the search of identity because of being far away from their cultural and traditional practices. In this process, they try to construct their identities within the connections to their past and present together. At that point, ethnic autobiography creates an insightful perspective in that it presents the existing links among the members of a community: a common past, and a political project for the future of that community. (Renán, 1990,19) There are many ethnic groups living in America, and one of them is the Chinese Americans. America is like a mosaic with various ethnic groups living there. This study will seek “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan in the light of ethnic autobiographical considerations. This autobiographical source indicates how the language creates boundaries and it pushes characters into silence. This silence is a kind of psychological loneliness and cultural alienation. Tan closely experiences the otherness with her ethnic difference and she uses the genre of ethnic autobiography while narrating her personal memories because the real issues always affect the readers more deeply. Besides the sociological concerns such as language, it also explores the life of Tan with her own personal expressions. Thus, it is a kind of sociological, cultural and biographical text, and it also deals with multi-dimensional critical outlooks. It is also a great example inside protest literature because it criticizes ethnic discrimination with the examples from the life of Chinese American. From which perspectives does “Mother Tongue” approach the ethnic issue? How do the Chinese-Americans suffer from hardships in American society? What does the identity of Chinese-Americans mean for themselves? This paper tries to light on these questions in the framework of different ethnicities in America.

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Teşekkür

I thank my professor Esra Öztarhan at Ege University because the course that I took in my doctorate attributed many insightful commentaries in this field.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

28 Aralık 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

15 Kasım 2022

Kabul Tarihi

14 Aralık 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ar, G. (2022). THE ANALYSIS OF “MOTHER TONGUE” BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 7(2), 18-28. https://izlik.org/JA62ET72SZ
AMA
1.Ar G. THE ANALYSIS OF “MOTHER TONGUE” BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY. BARED. 2022;7(2):18-28. https://izlik.org/JA62ET72SZ
Chicago
Ar, Gamze. 2022. “THE ANALYSIS OF ‘MOTHER TONGUE’ BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY”. Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 7 (2): 18-28. https://izlik.org/JA62ET72SZ.
EndNote
Ar G (01 Aralık 2022) THE ANALYSIS OF “MOTHER TONGUE” BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 7 2 18–28.
IEEE
[1]G. Ar, “THE ANALYSIS OF ‘MOTHER TONGUE’ BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY”, BARED, c. 7, sy 2, ss. 18–28, Ara. 2022, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA62ET72SZ
ISNAD
Ar, Gamze. “THE ANALYSIS OF ‘MOTHER TONGUE’ BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY”. Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 7/2 (01 Aralık 2022): 18-28. https://izlik.org/JA62ET72SZ.
JAMA
1.Ar G. THE ANALYSIS OF “MOTHER TONGUE” BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY. BARED. 2022;7:18–28.
MLA
Ar, Gamze. “THE ANALYSIS OF ‘MOTHER TONGUE’ BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY”. Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, c. 7, sy 2, Aralık 2022, ss. 18-28, https://izlik.org/JA62ET72SZ.
Vancouver
1.Gamze Ar. THE ANALYSIS OF “MOTHER TONGUE” BY AMY TAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY. BARED [Internet]. 01 Aralık 2022;7(2):18-2. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA62ET72SZ

 

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