نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
دانشیار زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی ، گروه مترجمی زبان انگلیسی ، دانشگاه مازندران، بابلسر ، ایران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
This article adopts a postcolonial approach, drawing on Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s theory of the subaltern, to examine Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and to analyze the role of literature in representing the experience of migration within the framework of resistance literature. The central question is how migrant subalterns are represented in the novel and whether the narrative structure enables the articulation of their voice, agency, or forms of resistance. The study employs a descriptive-analytical method grounded in close textual reading, informed by Spivakian postcolonial theory. The analysis demonstrates that the novel portrays migration not merely as geographical displacement but as an act of survival and a form of resistance against structural violence, national borders, and the global order. However, the voice of the subaltern is not presented directly; rather, it is mediated through indirect narration, narrative fragmentation, and metaphorical language. This creates a condition of “in-betweenness” for migrant subjects—situated between silence and expression. The findings suggest that Exit West can be understood as a work of contemporary resistance literature in which resistance is not expressed through overt political action but is redefined through life-oriented practices such as survival, movement, and the continuation of existence. At the same time, the novel reveals that the subaltern voice is always mediated by structures of power and representation, and thus can never be heard as fully autonomous or unmediated.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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