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Mohammed, Rawan (2018)

In the Name of Shame and Honor: The Loss of the Self Within the Social Context of a Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed

Master thesis | Media Studies (MA)

This thesis analyzes Khaleed Hosseini’s novels A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) and And the Mountains Echoed (2013) by focusing solely on the notions of honor, shame, and the subsequent loss of the self in the social environment depicted in these novels. With a close reading of the cultural settings in the novels and the interaction of characters in their settings, this research explores the interrelationship of honor and shame and their interconnectedness with the cultural construction of the self. I will argue that the social factors of honor and shame influence the composition of various characters’ identity in the novels.

Author

Mohammed, Rawan

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Comparative Literature and Literary Theory

Supervisors

Minnaard, Liesbeth

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en