A study of the identity crisis in the novel “Tashari” by Anam Kachaji according to the theory of Stuart Hall

Abstract

Nowadays, new identities are one of the most challenging topics that are considered in the theories of social criticism. The novel "Al-Tashari" written by Anam Kajeji is one of the novels that depicts the identification and identifiability of immigrants in the post-colonial period. The current research, based on social criticism, has examined the identity of the characters of this novel from the point of view of Stuart Hall, a postmodernist theorist. The results of this research indicate that the components of Hall's theory, such as; Depression and wandering, generation gap, imitation of the host language and the inferiority of the East compared to the dominance and superiority of the Western world have been well manifested in this novel. The characters of the novel, which were attached to their hometowns, have left there voluntarily or involuntarily due to war and political problems, and by immigrating to the land of exile, they have faced an environment that has always challenged their existence to the point where they have duality in their thoughts and feelings and are involved in forces. They have become conflicted while they don't know exactly which society and culture they belong to and how they should adapt themselves to the conditions of the new society and sometimes they defy the conventional expectations in their culture to enter the social and cultural context of the new society.