"'Glocalization" in post-9/11 literature. "Burnt shadows" by Kamila Shamsie

  1. Adriana Kiczkowski 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

Revista:
Journal of English Studies

ISSN: 1576-6357

Any de publicació: 2016

Número: 14

Pàgines: 125-136

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.18172/JES.2813 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Resum

Global terrorism is a complex phenomenon, its roots going back to long before the terrorist attacks of 9/11, while its sequels are opening new paths in the fields of both fiction and literary and cultural studies. To better understand some of the global processes, and how they are represented in contemporary literature, I proposed the expression glocalization novels as a theoretical construct that permits the incorporation of the narrative’s differential characteristics about terrorism in a globalized society. In Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie, the notion of glocalization appears articulating general tendencies with global impact (the Nuclear Bomb, the Cold War, North American neo-colonialism in Southeast Asia, global terrorism, etc.) join with a direct impact on local lives that restructures and transmutes the meanings of individual or social actions. Fictions by intertwining the specific with the global help us to gain a more indepth understanding of the global and its local complexity.

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The authors greatly appreciate the financial support by Universiti Putra Malaysia under Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS 91031).

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