Dialogic Heteroglossia in Asian-Canadian Literature
Keywords:
dialogic heteroglossia, hybrid identities, ethnic minoritiesAbstract
The feature of some Asian-Candian narratives is that they give a linguistic voice to voiceless/wordless characters to defend their rights as marginalized and invisible identities. The focus of this paper will be on the study of Obasan, Chorus of Mushrooms, What the Body Remembers and Everything Was Good-Bye as literary productions in a transitional era within which language and translation influence identity construction and representation. The purpose is to tackle the dialogic translingual and heteroglossic technique used by diasporic writers to represent ethnic minorities’ melancholic history and hybrid identities.
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