What is Armenia to Me? Diasporicity in the Works of William Saroyan
This article argues for a rereading of William Saroyan, one that treats him as an artist who engaged critically with concepts of home and homeland within the broader discourse of diaspora. Saroyan was not a panegyrist who idealized what it meant to be an Armenian in diaspora, nor did his Armeniannes...
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| I publikationen: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/eac, |
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| Materialtyp: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Språk: | Anglais |
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Études arméniennes contemporaines
2021
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sammanfattning: | This article argues for a rereading of William Saroyan, one that treats him as an artist who engaged critically with concepts of home and homeland within the broader discourse of diaspora. Saroyan was not a panegyrist who idealized what it meant to be an Armenian in diaspora, nor did his Armenianness act as a foil to an optimistic outlook. Rather, his works exhibit a rigorous investigation of the characteristic liminality of diaspora and its attendant contradictions. |
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