Research Article

Transculturality and Self-discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses

Volume: 18 Number: 2 December 31, 2024
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Transculturality and Self-discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses

Abstract

With the increased human mobility, people can no longer define themselves within a monocultural identity, leading to the emergence of multi-layered and fluid identities, a phenomenon known as transculturality. At this intersection of cultures, new possibilities, perspectives, and ways of being emerge. Analysing Alev Lytle Croutier’s Seven Houses (2003) is key to understanding how Croutier constructs her transcultural identity. Croutier, who describes her literary self as not belonging to any of the cultures in which she has lived, needs to uproot her established cultural truths and challenge them with a new understanding. Analysing the semi-fictional autobiography Seven Houses is crucial not only for understanding how Croutier constructed her transcultural feminist identity but also for exploring how she subverted the conventional norms of the Western novel and autobiography to forge a new literary self. This article aims to examine how Croutier crafted a transcultural space through her narrative style, positioned between East and West, spirituality and rationality, magical realism and reality. It also seeks to explore how she used this space to reconcile with her past and resolve the internal divisions within herself.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2024

Submission Date

October 4, 2024

Acceptance Date

November 14, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 18 Number: 2

APA
Zorluoğlu Akbey, E. (2024). Transculturality and Self-discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 18(2), 422-433. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1561692
AMA
1.Zorluoğlu Akbey E. Transculturality and Self-discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses. CUJHSS. 2024;18(2):422-433. doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1561692
Chicago
Zorluoğlu Akbey, Emel. 2024. “Transculturality and Self-Discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 18 (2): 422-33. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1561692.
EndNote
Zorluoğlu Akbey E (December 1, 2024) Transculturality and Self-discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 18 2 422–433.
IEEE
[1]E. Zorluoğlu Akbey, “Transculturality and Self-discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses”, CUJHSS, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 422–433, Dec. 2024, doi: 10.47777/cankujhss.1561692.
ISNAD
Zorluoğlu Akbey, Emel. “Transculturality and Self-Discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 18/2 (December 1, 2024): 422-433. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1561692.
JAMA
1.Zorluoğlu Akbey E. Transculturality and Self-discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses. CUJHSS. 2024;18:422–433.
MLA
Zorluoğlu Akbey, Emel. “Transculturality and Self-Discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 18, no. 2, Dec. 2024, pp. 422-33, doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1561692.
Vancouver
1.Emel Zorluoğlu Akbey. Transculturality and Self-discovery in Alev Croutier’s Seven Houses. CUJHSS. 2024 Dec. 1;18(2):422-33. doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1561692

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