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Identity and fragility of human in a transnational age: Deborah Levy’s Black Vodka

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Identity and fragility of human in a transnational age: Deborah Levy’s Black Vodka

Abstract

Deborah Levy’s short story collection, Black Vodka, consists of ten stories all narrating the way people live in the 21st century in which lives know no borders, borders in any sense. National identity has turned into something fluid and people are all citizens of the world rather than being a citizen of a particular state and/or nation. Such concepts as belonging and attachment have also turned fragile like the characters themselves. The fragmented structure of the stories refers to fragmented structures of the characters and their lives. Love is a dominating theme but the way it is handled is a little bit disturbing. Relations are open to abrupt crises and breakups; people easily love and stop loving. Still, a kind of humaneness governs all relations, showing people’s need to remain usual human beings instead of selfish virtual beings of contemporary age of high technology. In other words, Levy is ultimately optimistic and offers hope. Love and relations also cross the borders of nation and identity.

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Kaynakça

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0000-0002-4154-1298
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

21 Aralık 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

29 Eylül 2020

Kabul Tarihi

20 Aralık 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Sayı: 21

Kaynak Göster

APA
Geçikli, K. (2020). Identity and fragility of human in a transnational age: Deborah Levy’s Black Vodka. RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 21, 669-678. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.835511

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