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Birch roots and bricks: finding home in the pluralism of voice in migration novels of contemporary Europe
- Date Issued:
- 2015
- Summary:
- Through a comparative literary study of Monica Ali’s Brick Lane and Olga Grjasnova’s Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt, this thesis concludes that although the migrant experience is heterogeneous and that integration is a difficult process that varies through the diversity of experiences, these experiences can be unified by the common way in which migrants learn to “belong” by connecting with voices of the past and present and by building and maintaining relationships that extend beyond the limits of place. In defending this argument, the thesis draws upon themes of Bakhtinian heteroglossia, nationalism and transnationalism, space, globalism, and migration.
Title: | Birch roots and bricks: finding home in the pluralism of voice in migration novels of contemporary Europe. |
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Name(s): |
Trotter, Dorothea, author Berlatsky, Eric L., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Created: | 2015 | |
Date Issued: | 2015 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 112 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Through a comparative literary study of Monica Ali’s Brick Lane and Olga Grjasnova’s Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt, this thesis concludes that although the migrant experience is heterogeneous and that integration is a difficult process that varies through the diversity of experiences, these experiences can be unified by the common way in which migrants learn to “belong” by connecting with voices of the past and present and by building and maintaining relationships that extend beyond the limits of place. In defending this argument, the thesis draws upon themes of Bakhtinian heteroglossia, nationalism and transnationalism, space, globalism, and migration. | |
Identifier: | FA00004472 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015 | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
Subject(s): |
Ali, Monica -- 1967- -- Brick lane -- Criticism and interpretation Emigration and immigration in literature -- 21st century Europe -- Emigration and immigration -- 21st century Grjasnova, Olga -- Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt -- Criticism and interpretation |
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Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |