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Title:	The triple consciousness of Muslim migrants in Abdulrazak Gurnah's selected novels
Authors:	Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed Al-Sakkaf (P66654)
Supervisor:	Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Prof. Datin Dr.
Keywords:	Migrants Novels Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	30-May-2018
Description:	This study focuses on Abdulrazak Gurnah, a contemporary Zanzibarian-British-Muslim writer who has produced eight novels spanning 24 years. The objectives of this research are to identify how Gurnah represents the migrant's sense-of-self from a Zanzibarian-British-Muslim point of view, categorize the emerging themes of conflict and themes of transition in his selected works, and examine how the intnovelist errogates his migrant characters' everyday conflicts in both the homeland and host land. The three selected texts, Memory of Departure, Admiring Silence and The Last Gift, are based on his unique portrayals of the triple consciousness which illustrate the emotional/psychological struggles and life challenges faced by migrants whose realities are filtered through Zanzibarian-British-Muslim sensitivities. The Muslim migrant's triple consciousness framework developed in this study, drawn from cultural and literary studies, is premised on three constructs. The first construct is nationality which problematizes the issues of citizenship in the migrant identity. The second one is minority culture which delineates the experiences of marginalization, whilst the third is minority religion which problematizes the practices and absorption of the Islamic faith in a non-Muslim context. By looking at each novel chronologically and focusing on thematic concerns which transcend both the geographical spaces and the Muslim migrant's relationships with his people, his conflicts and phases of transition become apparent. The findings show that the Muslim migrants, as presented in the narratives, leave their families and their motherland due to the challenging conditions in Zanzibar, only to be displaced in Britain. As migrants, the Zanzibarian Muslim characters carve out spaces of their own based on the ideology of not returning. Despite experiencing instances of alienation, the migrant characters choose to assimilate into the mainstream culture, sometimes at the expense of their religious tenets. The three novels display a continuum of the migrant experience from leaving to adapting, a constant negotiation of being between the homeland and host land which involves acculturating to a new environment, exercising agency and managing identities especially in situations when other political conflicts in the host land come into play. The implication of this study lies in the notion that the understanding of Gurnah's depiction of the Muslim migrant's experience can perhaps be replicated to understand other Muslim migrant narratives in this climate of increased border crossings.,'Certification of Master's/Doctoral Thesis' is not available,Ph.D.
Pages:	253
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan

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