The Identity Crisis Study in the novel "Azef-al-Ghoyum" by Ali Badr

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD student of Arabic Language and Literature in Kashan University, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assosiate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature in Kashan University, Isfahan, Iran.

10.22091/npa.2023.9698.1002

Abstract

Identity is considered one of the most important components of human personality and it is a position where "self" and "I" are placed against others. In this way, identity is a fluid thing, and this fluidity, while causing its dynamism, also exposes it to danger. A danger that can cause an identity crisis. Iraq is one of the countries that have a special civilizational, cultural and historical background, but the identity crisis has become one of the concerns of this nation today. Its main factor is related to the political and social conditions of several decades in Iraq. The novel "Azef Al-Ghouyum" written by Ali Badr is one of the novels that present the identity crisis of the immigrant character such as "Nabil" in contrast to the two cultural systems of the East and the West. The results of the research indicate that the components such as the internal contradictions of the immigrant, living with the virtual self instead of the real self, the change of linguistic identity and the national and cultural attitude have been well manifested in this novel. The main character of the novel broke away from there due to social problems and by migrating to the land of exile, he faced an environment that has always challenged his existence to the point where he became alienated from himself and forgot his connection with the Mesopotamian civilization. Search for your dreams in the land of the West. The result of this incident is cutting off ethnic memories and alienation from one's own culture.

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Article Title [العربیة]

دراسة أزمة الهویة فی روایة "عازف الغیوم" للکاتب علی بدر

Abstract [العربیة]

تعتبر الهویة واحدة من أهم مکونات الشخصیة الإنسانیة، وهی المجال الذی یتشکل فیه "الذات" و"الأنا" فی مواجهة "الآخر". وهکذا، فإن الهویة تمثل ظاهرة سائلة، وبالرغم من أن هذه السیولة تساهم فی حیویتها، إلا أنها تعرضها للخطر أیضًا، وهو خطر یمکن أن یؤدی إلى أزمة هویة. یُعتبر العراق واحدًا من البلدان التی تتمتع بإرث حضاری وثقافی تاریخی متمیز، إلا أن أزمة الهویة أصبحت من القضایا التی تشغل هذا الشعب الیوم. ویرتبط السبب الرئیسی فی ذلک بالظروف السیاسیة والاجتماعیة التی عانى منها العراق لعشرات السنین. وإن روایة "عازف الغیوم" للکاتب علی بدر تطرح أزمة الهویة من خلال شخصیة المهاجر "نبیل"، فی تفاعلها مع نظامین ثقافیین مختلفین هما الشرق والغرب. تشیر نتائج البحث إلى أن عوامل مثل التناقضات الداخلیة للمهاجر، والعیش مع الذات الافتراضیة بدلاً من الذات الحقیقیة، وتحول الهویة اللغویة، وتغیر النظرة الوطنیة والثقافیة، تتجلى بشکل واضح فی هذه الروایة. وإن الشخصیة الرئیسیة فی الروایة، لقد ابتعدت -نتیجة للمشکلات الاجتماعیة- عن جذورها، وعندما هاجرت إلى أراضی الغربة، واجهت فضاءً یتحدى وجودها باستمرار، حتى بلغت الحالة التی أصبحت فیها غریبة عن ذاتها، وأهملت ارتباطها بحضارة بین النهرین، وسعت للبحث عن آمالها فی الغرب. وتتمثل نتیجة هذا الحدث فی الانفصال عن الذکریات الوطنیة والشعور بالغربة تجاه ثقافتها.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الروایة العربیة المعاصرة
  • علی بدر
  • عازف الغیوم
  • أزمة الهویة

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  • Receive Date: 30 May 2024
  • Revise Date: 09 August 2024
  • Accept Date: 13 October 2024
  • First Publish Date: 13 October 2024
  • Publish Date: 09 January 2025

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