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| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13369192 |
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- <p><span><strong><span>Abstract</span></strong></span></p> <p><span>This paper studies the identity crisis in Edwidge Danticat’s </span><em><span>Breath, Eyes, Memory</span></em><span> (1994). While Danticat's works have been studied with much focus on their literary depiction of identity issues, little has been done on the role of language in depicting the identity crises her characters face. Therefore, this study examines how Danticat’s characters negotiate their identities and social positions in her debut novel </span><em><span>Breath, Eyes, Memory</span></em><span> (1994). Eleven excerpts are extracted from the text for a detailed and rigorous textual analysis, and a sociopragmatic approach is adopted with a combination of Harre’s positioning and Mey’s pragmatic act theories as its frameworks. This shows how characters use words and discourses to negotiate their positions and identities in sociopragmatic interactions. The findings partly reveal that the identity crises faced by the characters in the novel are induced by their migratory experiences and cultural challenges, with the resultant effects of disillusionment, loneliness, loss of personhood, trauma, depression, and low self-esteem.</span></p>