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Perspectives in the novels by Khaled Hosseini

21 Kasım 2019
  • Dilnoza Ramatjanovna Ruzmatova *
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Perspectives in the novels by Khaled Hosseini

Abstract

The present research focuses on the analysis of the novels “The Kite Runner”, “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, “And the Mountains Echoed” by Afghan born American writer Khaled Hosseini in line with the major characteristics of the historical perspective in literature.  The literature scholars and researchers are highly interested in Afghan-American literature as representing the diaspora features. In his novels Hosseini could depict Afghanistan in terms of three perspectives: childhood, womanhood and family reunion in pre-in-post Taliban periods. Considering the perspectives found in this research, it is obvious that Hosseini globally demonstrates the real outlook of his nation and country, and moreover establishes that having peace and wealth is the life meaning for Afghan people the same as for other human beings. In the present analysis, the research problem is to investigate how the major perspectives of Afghanistan have been employed to represent Khaled Hosseini’s literary image as a writer. The data collected from the detailed analysis of the texts of Hosseini’s novels “The Kite Runner”, “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, “And the Mountains Echoed” helped to answer questions related to childhood, womanhood and family reunion perspectives of Afghanistan. The results of this work revealed that the writer used these three perspectives effectively in his texts to show the macrocosm of Afghanistan. This study is an effort to unfold the significance of literary characteristics of the novels mentioned above. It will help to decode the essential perspective peculiarities of Hosseini’s works by applying historical perspective method.

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Kaynakça

  1. Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. 372 P Khaled Hosseini. A Thousand Splendid Suns. New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. 384 P Khaled Hosseini. And the Mountains Echoed. New York Riverhead Books, 2013. 402 P Magali Sperling, Beck (Jan./Apr., 2017). “Current Critical Perspectives in Literature, Film, and Cultural Studies. Desterro. Vol. 70. №1. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/perspective

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Dilnoza Ramatjanovna Ruzmatova * Bu kişi benim
Uzbekistan

Yayımlanma Tarihi

21 Kasım 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

5 Ekim 2019

Kabul Tarihi

20 Kasım 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ruzmatova, D. R. (2019). Perspectives in the novels by Khaled Hosseini. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 320-331. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.648910

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