Liminal Identity and Social Bond in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane

Order Description this research paper is in" rel="nofollow">intended to be read in" rel="nofollow">in a postgraduate conference. please use the Homi Bhabha's ideas for the theoretical framework. i will upload a copy of the conference abstract. ‘Rewritin" rel="nofollow">ing Urban City Sphere’: Limin" rel="nofollow">inal Identity and Social Bond in" rel="nofollow">in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane. Monica Ali’s Brick Lane (2003) is one of the novels that give in" rel="nofollow">insight in" rel="nofollow">into immigrants lives and their struggle for self fulfilment. The novel follows Nazneen’s journey as she tries to adapt to the unfamiliar city sphere of London. Trapped between her memories of the life she had in" rel="nofollow">in Bangladesh and the new life she is tryin" rel="nofollow">ing to create in" rel="nofollow">in England, Nazneen enters a state of ambivalence and disorientation. The story of Nazneen is presented in" rel="nofollow">in parallel with her sister’s Hasin" rel="nofollow">ina’s story, who live in" rel="nofollow">in Banhaldesh. This parallelism further enhances the identity struggle that Nazneen feels. However, this struggle is resolved at the end of the novel when Nazneen rediscovers herself and chooses her own path in" rel="nofollow">in life apart from her husband and her old life. Focusin" rel="nofollow">ing on social bond this paper is goin" rel="nofollow">ing to give a new understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the effect of social relations in" rel="nofollow">in ethnic communities on identity transition. Buildin" rel="nofollow">ing on previous body of research this paper will further explain" rel="nofollow">in the state of limin" rel="nofollow">inality as part of migrants’ identity reconstruction. However, departin" rel="nofollow">ing from the body of criticism, I argue that social bond in" rel="nofollow">instead of providin" rel="nofollow">ing the necessary space for identity transition will prolong self-battlement and cause acts of defin" rel="nofollow">ines. As well, the paper will discuss how the aesthetic experience with city, help in" rel="nofollow">in transformin" rel="nofollow">ing Nazneen’s self-awareness and provided her with a new way of understandin" rel="nofollow">ing herself and her social surroundin" rel="nofollow">ings. Meznah Alshamsan March 2017