Transnational Narratives in Englishes of Exile
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
| Author: | Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru, Yanoula Athanassakis, Mary Louisa Cappelli, Oana Chivoiu, Christine d’Anca, Sanaz Fotouhi, Tim Gauthier, Margarita Georgieva, Winnie Khaw, Hsin-Ju Kuo, Adedoyin Ogunfeyimi, Zheng Da | ISBN: | 9781498539463 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | November 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru, Yanoula Athanassakis, Mary Louisa Cappelli, Oana Chivoiu, Christine d’Anca, Sanaz Fotouhi, Tim Gauthier, Margarita Georgieva, Winnie Khaw, Hsin-Ju Kuo, Adedoyin Ogunfeyimi, Zheng Da |
| ISBN: | 9781498539463 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | November 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
Monolingual, monolithic English is an issue of the past. In this collection, by using cinema, poetry, art, and novels we demonstrate that English has become the heteroglossic language of immigration – Englishes of exile. By appropriating its plural form we pay respect to all those who have been improving standard English, thus proving that one may be born in a language as well as give birth to a language or add to it one’s own version. The story of the immigrant, refugee, exile, expatriate is everybody’s story, and without migration, we could not evolve our human race.
Monolingual, monolithic English is an issue of the past. In this collection, by using cinema, poetry, art, and novels we demonstrate that English has become the heteroglossic language of immigration – Englishes of exile. By appropriating its plural form we pay respect to all those who have been improving standard English, thus proving that one may be born in a language as well as give birth to a language or add to it one’s own version. The story of the immigrant, refugee, exile, expatriate is everybody’s story, and without migration, we could not evolve our human race.
