A Critical Study of Othering through the Characters in the Novel The Kite Runner: A Perspective of Orientalism
The current study investigated the role conflicts of othering within the lens of Said's theory of Orientalism (1978). The current study examined the effect of othering in self-transformation and concluded that the impact of othering had affected not only the present relations of the people but also the past relationships among each other as well as faded identities and the way their self-transformation they had to experience several difficulties within a dominant country. The present study has been operated in a qualitative approach, for it is subjective in nature and analyzed within textual analysis. The present study concluded that the conflicts experienced by the people had affected their lives from several angles through which they suffered physically and mentally. The research significantly explored the identification of othering impacts on societies and also paid consideration to the conflicts experienced in the novel that affected an individual's identity.
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Orientalism, Othering, Role Conflicts, Self-Transformation
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(1) Gul Aizaz
Lecturer, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Mahrang
M.A English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens' University Sub Campus Nushki, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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APA : Aizaz, G., & Mahrang. (2022). A Critical Study of Othering through the Characters in the Novel The Kite Runner: A Perspective of Orientalism. Global Language Review, VII(I), 408-421. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).33
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CHICAGO : Aizaz, Gul, and Mahrang. 2022. "A Critical Study of Othering through the Characters in the Novel The Kite Runner: A Perspective of Orientalism." Global Language Review, VII (I): 408-421 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).33
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HARVARD : AIZAZ, G. & MAHRANG. 2022. A Critical Study of Othering through the Characters in the Novel The Kite Runner: A Perspective of Orientalism. Global Language Review, VII, 408-421.
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MHRA : Aizaz, Gul, and Mahrang. 2022. "A Critical Study of Othering through the Characters in the Novel The Kite Runner: A Perspective of Orientalism." Global Language Review, VII: 408-421
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MLA : Aizaz, Gul, and Mahrang. "A Critical Study of Othering through the Characters in the Novel The Kite Runner: A Perspective of Orientalism." Global Language Review, VII.I (2022): 408-421 Print.
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OXFORD : Aizaz, Gul and Mahrang, (2022), "A Critical Study of Othering through the Characters in the Novel The Kite Runner: A Perspective of Orientalism", Global Language Review, VII (I), 408-421
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TURABIAN : Aizaz, Gul, and Mahrang. "A Critical Study of Othering through the Characters in the Novel The Kite Runner: A Perspective of Orientalism." Global Language Review VII, no. I (2022): 408-421. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).33