Identity Dilemma and the Lack of Reciprocity in Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent

• 作者: Fatima Zohra Gasmi Bo Cao
• 来源期刊: 外国语言与文化(英文)
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: Diana Abu-Jaber CRESCENT Amin Maalouf IDENTITY RECIPROCITY
• 年，卷（期）: wgyyywhyw,（2）
• 页码范围: 114-121
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: I712

摘要

Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent astutely interweaves the search for identity into a romantic love story.This article approaches it using a new identity concept found in Amin MaaUmrs work In the Name of Identity:Violence and the Need to Belong(Les identitSs meurtrieres).It investigates the identity dilemma that the female protagonist,Sirine,faces while living in-between her conflicting Arab and American allegiances.It argues that her struggle is amplified by the lack of what Maalouf calls“reciprocity.”Sirine finds it too difficult to assimilate into the mainstream Arab culture.Arabs around her do not accept her,and she reacts by upholding her Arab identity.This article maintains that even small acts of reciprocity can reduce her identity dilemma.