چکیده

The present research explores the aftermath of 9/11 on the paradigm shift taking place between the Orient and the Occident. The collapse of the Twin Towers has had many effects on several arenas and this field is not exempted. Bearing in mind the teachings of Edward Said on Orientalism, this paper attempts to explicate the matter in light of Translocational Postitionality (TPF) put forward by Floya Anthias. For this matter, the focus is directed toward Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist which as its author claims is “the story of an ambitious Pakistani immigrant disenchanted with America after 9/11”. Analyzing patterns of dis/relocation of the protagonist’s identity as the representative of the Orient world, this paper explores how through dislocation of certain positionalities, 9/11 marks a ‘before’ and ‘after’ in the history of Orientalism and the effect it has laid on its victims in making sense of themselves and the new world they are placed in.

کليدواژه ها

Transloactional Positionality, Mohsin Hamid, Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, Identity, 9/11

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