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‫ﮔﻮﺍﻫﯽ ﺛﺒﺖ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻪ ﺩﺭ ﺳﯿﻮﯾﻠﯿﮑﺎ‬

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:‫ﻋﻨﻮﺍﻥ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻪ‬
MIMICRY AND MIRROING: A POSTCOLONIAL STUDY OF IDENTITY IN KHALED
HOSSEINI’S THE KITE RUNNER

:‫ﻣﺤﻞ ﺍﻧﺘﺸﺎﺭ‬
(1392:‫ ﺍﺩﺑﯿﺎﺕ ﻭ ﻣﺘﺮﺟﻤﯽ )ﺳﺎﻝ‬،‫ﺍﻭﻟﯿﻦ ﮐﻨﻔﺮﺍﻧﺲ ﻣﻠﯽ ﺁﻣﻮﺯﺵ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ ﺍﻧﮕﻠﯿﺴﯽ‬

‫ ﺻﻔﺤﻪ‬۱ :‫ﺗﻌﺪﺍﺩ ﺻﻔﺤﺎﺕ ﺍﺻﻞ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻪ‬

:‫ﻧﻮﯾﺴﻨﺪﮔﺎﻥ‬
Atefeh Ghasemnejad - Ph. D. student, Shiraz University,
Alireza Anoushiravani - Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature,
Shiraz University

:‫ﺧﻼﺻﻪ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻪ‬
This study seeks to demonstrate the mimicry techniques that bring into light the
postcolonial underpinning of the text. The novel exhibits a paradoxical combination
of colonial and anticolonial discourses which are violently yoked together. The
characters conform to a well-constructed stereotypical structure of mimicry derived
from the colonial authority. The protagonist and the antagonist of the novel function
as collaborators, or intermediaries, who assist the colonial power in exerting its
authority. In other words, Amir, the narrator, being an Afghan, departs drastically
from his cultural and conventional heritage. Amir and his father, Baba, exhibit
features that associate them more with the colonizers than the colonized. On the
other hand, these intermediaries paradoxically challenge and destabilize their own
self-identical authority via economy of resemblance and menace. In doing so, they
assert colonizer’s established and original identity as a myth. This unconscious act
of mimicry renders the characters to dismiss any source of true identity and invests
in a site of ambivalence. The ambivalent nature of the prominent characters in this
narration is a result of the character’s unremitting attempt to define their identity in
the battlefield of resistance to colonizer’s power and its ultimate mimicry. This
study reveals these contradictory features of the work that, on the one hand, assert
the status of the novel as a best-seller in America, which is in line with its
conformity to colonial power, and on the other hand, subtly, function as a critique of
colonial authority through the mimicry strategies. Finally, it is argued that the whole
system of colonial subjugation is irrefutably challenged and questioned once the
mimic men come across the futility of their attempt to retain their supremacy over
those they other. Thus, not only do they prove to be ambivalent in nature and
lacking a fixed meaning, but also, they prove the colonial authority to be shaky. This
demonstrates a secret fear of the colonizer who tries to create colonial subjects that
most resemble him but are constantly removed from arriving at subjectivity. In
order to remain subjugated, the colonial subjects should be constantly rejected as
others while they can enjoy a mimic nature to reflect the supremacy of their
masters. This construction proves to be feeble and frail because there is always a
fear of a point of intersection where the two might meet as one entity. This fear is
defined as insurgence of the colonial subject for liberty.

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‫ﮐﻠﻤﺎﺕ ﮐﻠﯿﺪﯼ‪:‬‬
‫‪mimicry, Bhabha, colonial subject, double, ambivalence‬‬

‫ﻟﯿﻨﮏ ﺛﺎﺑﺖ ﺛﺒﺖ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻪ ﺩﺭ ﭘﺎﯾﮕﺎﻩ ﺳﯿﻮﯾﻠﯿﮑﺎ‪:‬‬

‫‪https://www.civilica.com/Paper-TELT01-TELT01_334.html‬‬

‫ﺍﯾﻦ ﺻﻔﺤﻪ ﺑﻪ ﻣﻌﻨﺎﯼ ﺗﺎﯾﯿﺪﯾﻪ ﻧﻤﺎﯾﻪ ﺳﺎﺯﯼ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻪ ﺩﺭ ﭘﺎﯾﮕﺎﻩ ﺍﺳﺘﻨﺎﺩﯼ ﺳﯿﻮﯾﻠﯿﮑﺎ ﻣﯽ ﺑﺎﺷﺪ‪ .‬ﺩﺭ ﻫﺮ ﻟﺤﻈﻪ ﺑﻪ‬
‫ﻣﻨﻈﻮﺭ ﺗﺎﯾﯿﺪ ﺍﺻﺎﻟﺖ ﺍﯾﻦ ﮔﻮﺍﻫﯽ ﻣﯽ ﺗﻮﺍﻧﯿﺪ ﻭﺿﻌﯿﺖ ﺛﺒﺖ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻪ ﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ ﻃﺮﯾﻖ ﻟﯿﻨﮏ ﻓﻮﻕ ﺑﻪ ﺻﻮﺭﺕ ﺁﻧﻼﯾﻦ ﮐﻨﺘﺮﻝ‬
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