Nation and Narrative: A Study of Nuruddin Farah’s Maps

Amalu Anil Kumar Anil Kumar

doi:10.24113/ijellh.v9i2.10915

Abstract

The article entitled "Nation and Narrative: A Study of Nuruddin Farah's Maps" attempts a postcolonial reading of the text trying to froground the assertion of a national self. The manner in which literature offers itself as a powerful platform to assert national identity and the novel adroitly doing the same would serve as the main thrust areas. Elaborate study on the concept of nation as expounded by critics like Homi Bhaba , Benedict Anderson and the like would serve as the background of the analysis. The notion of national identity and the construction of an image of Somalia as attempted by the author stand as testimony to the same. The author trying to reiterate his lost national self and how he skillfully uses literature as its medium, as part of the postcolonial agenda, is the focus point of the article.

Highlights

Nation is a major locus for post-colonial studies and essentially a site of conflictsconflicts between class, race, ethnicity, language and the like
Nationalism is something seen as exclusively a problem of the third world
There arose the need for a homogenous structure with the backup of an educational system and where state is of prime importance

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Introduction

Nation is a major locus for post-colonial studies and essentially a site of conflictsconflicts between class, race, ethnicity, language and the like. According to Timothy Brennan in his essay “The National Longing for Form”, www.ijellh.com e-ISSN: 2582-3574 p-ISSN: 2582-4406 The major thematic concerns of his novels concerns political and social issues like feminism, colonization, nationalism, post-colonial dictatorship as well as civil war.

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