RECONTEXTUALIZING THE PALESTINIAN HISTORY IN SAIF’S THE DRONE EATS WITH ME: A GAZA DIARY: A NEW HISTORICIST STUDY
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Israel, Mission Protective Edge, New Historicism, Palestine, Power, Stephan GreenblattAbstract
The study examines the subjugation and recontextualization of Palestinian cultural identity in the theoretical lens of New Historicism. The article highlights the socio-political challenges and power structures of Israel against Palestine. It also examines the chaotic experiences and the collective life of Palestinians during the circumstances of war and how the brutalities of Israelis exploit the Palestinians. The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Dairy is the autobiographical novel which portrays the Israeli- Palestinian conflict in 2014 which he and his family managed to survive. It also depicts how the Palestinians resist against the brutality of Israel. The theoretical perspectives of New Historicism by Stephan Blatt have been applied on this novel in order to expose the Israeli narrative and proliferate the diplomatic nature of Palestinians. New Historicism emphasizes the importance of historical, political and cultural background for the understanding of the literary work. The main aim of this research is to analyses the close relationship between fiction and history. It explores the historical cultural identity of Palestinians and their rich Arabic civilization. Furthermore, it unfolds the manipulative power structures of hegemonic forces that make the Palestinians as subaltern in front of the world.
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