Identity Construction in the Narratives of Black Female Writers: A review Article

Subject Areas : Applied Linguistics

Zahra  Hashemi ¹ (دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان)

Received: 2023-02-09 Accepted : 2023-02-14 Published : 2023-06-16

Keywords: Identity, narratives, Black writers, African diaspora, Females  ,

Abstract :

The term ''identity'' which refers to one's rights, equality and dignity, equal opportunity in work and education and equal pay, emerged in the United States in the mid-twentieth century in the context of immigration, social change, and emancipator movements. This study examines the distinctive ways in which contemporary black female authors have employed speculative fiction to portray diasporic identities in their female protagonists. The novels examined in this study offer new ways of conceptualizing the connection between cultural trauma and society and ultimately by giving voice, choice and identity, have tried to empower their characters to take a stand against male operation and discover a sense of selfhood. The findings indicate an identity pattern and ways of reshaping the identity, voice and healing during and after traumas distinct to the Afrodiasporic community in the female protagonists.