Politics of Indigenization in Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire

  • Dr. Taimur Kayani Associate Professor, Department of English , GIFT University, Gujranwala, Pakistan
  • Faisal Irfan Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Superior University. Lahore, Pakistan
  • Dr. Sarfraz Zaman Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Superior University, Lahore,
  • Dr. Tasaddaq Hussain Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Gift University, Gujranwala, Pakistan
  • Fatima Baber MPhil Scholar, Department of English GIFT University. Gujranwala, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54692/jelle.2023.0502173
Keywords: Culture, indigenization, Linda Hutcheon, politics, transcultural adaptation

Abstract

 

The study exhibits the Politics of Indigenization in Kamila Shamsie’s novel Home Fire.  It explores the traces of Greek culture in the contemporary society. It also unearths that how the culture affects the role of gender and religion. For textual analysis, the study takes insight from Linda Hutcheon’s Theory of Adaptation. Transcultural adaptation and Indigenization are serving as a tool to explore the study. In this research the geographical changes and its effect upon the characters has been discussed thoroughly. The study aims to explore the importance of old text with reference to present day society. In indigenization the adapter brings the issues into the spotlight.  The researcher scrutinizes into the lives and actions of characters with reference to gender. The data is collected after the study of facts, events and incidents in the novel Home Fire as well as from the play Antigone. The theory of Adaptation gives a view that there is a difference between original text and adapted text. So, in this study the difference has been sorted out. Home Fire is adapted as a new form of Antigone. The researcher has found out the similarities and difference from the Greek to the South Asian culture.

JELLE
Published
2023-06-16
Issue
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2023): JELLE
Section
Articles