Uncovering Identity Complication in Season of Migration to the North a Novel by Tayeb Salih

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  • Saman A. Husain Department of Translation Techniques, Erbil Technical Administration Institute, Erbil Polytechnic University Erbil, Kurdistan Region – Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25156/ptjhss.v1n1y2020.pp33-37

Keywords:

Displacement, Homi Bhabha, Identity Crisis, Postcolonialism, Postcolonial Novel, Tayeb Salih

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse and investigate the issue of identity in Tayeb Salih's novel Season of Migration to the North according to postcolonial theory.  Identity crisis refers to the context in which a person questions the whole idea of life. Philosophically, the identity crisis has been studied under the theories of existentialism. The term is coined to indicate a person, whose egoism and personality is filled with questions regarding life foundation, feeling and arguing that life has no value. in the novel by Tayeb Salih, Season of Migrating to the North, there are several instances that can be cited to indicate the existence of an identity crisis in the story. In this paper, we highlight and exemplify on such issues in an attempt to show how the theme of identity crisis has been presented in the novel. The paper considers the postcolonial theories of Edward Said, Frantz Fanon and Homi Bhabha to analyse the novel in terms of their representation of identity crisis. Keywords— tour guides, tour guide performance, tourist satisfaction, destination and customer loyalty.

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PTJHSS: Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020)

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2020-06-30

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Husain, S. A. . (2020). Uncovering Identity Complication in Season of Migration to the North a Novel by Tayeb Salih. Polytechnic Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(1), 33-37. https://doi.org/10.25156/ptjhss.v1n1y2020.pp33-37

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020)

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