نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
استادیار گروه سینما، دانشکده هنر و معماری، دانشگاه کردستان، کردستان، ایران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Minority literature—particularly in postcolonial contexts and oppressed societies—has often served as one of the most important tools for preserving collective memory and reconstructing cultural identity. Within this framework, Bakhtiyar Ali’s works stand out as key exemplars: through magical realism, multilayered narrative structures, and rich symbolism, they become arenas for challenging official historical narratives and reconstructing collective memory. This interdisciplinary study analyzes the foundational role of these works in representing and reinforcing cultural identity and resistance, and asks: How can Bakhtiyar Ali’s narratives and conceptual strategies elevate marginalized identities from the position of victimhood to that of active agency? The theoretical framework is grounded in the sociology of literature, postcolonial criticism, and theories of memory, and the research relies on a qualitative and interpretive methodology. Findings reveal that Ali, by drawing on central cultural symbols and creating heterotopic spaces, challenges dominant narratives and breaks linear conceptions of time, enabling redefinition of identity and recovery of silenced voices. Love as a political act, the body as an archive of trauma, and music as an anti-colonial discourse emerge as central strategies of resistance in his works. This research shows that Ali’s novels reflect the aesthetics of resistance within Kurdish literature, while simultaneously engaging in a transnational dialogue with global postcolonial literature, highlighting the power of literature to reconstruct imagined worlds as a political act.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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