Writing oneself into existence: Four literary artists and their perspectives on exile

The purpose of this study is to offer a more precise meaning for the concept of exile. The field of Exile as an academic discipline and the scholarly community itself, fail to adequately define Exile. In this study issues with the field of Exilic Studies will be examined and in order to gain a more precise definition for exile, exilic narratives will be analyzed. The better defining of exile will be accomplished through a careful study of the exilic experiences and personal narratives of Hanna Arendt, Max Aub, Suheir Hammad, and Natsume Soseki. It is this study’s contention that exile has been poorly defined, and any effort to better define it ought to include the work of literary artists.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Government

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Alfaro, Monica Angelique

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Hoye, Timothy

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Belfiglio, Valentine
• Kessler, Mark

• Social sciences
• Language, literature, and linguistics
• Exile
• Hannah Arendt
• Max Aub
• Natsume Soseki
• Refugee
• Suheir Hammad

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11274/8944

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/8944