SUVANNABHUMI (수완나부미)

Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies (부산외대 아세안연구원)
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Discourse of Minority Communities: Comparing Archetypal Heroes in Nguyễn Huy Thiệp's "The Tiger's Heart" (1971) and John Steinbeck's The Pearl (1947)

  • Received : 2021.10.21
  • Accepted : 2022.01.15
  • Published : 2022.01.31
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Abstract

This article compares archetypal heroes in Nguyễn Huy Thiệp's "The Tiger's Heart" and John Steinbeck's The Pearl. It aims to explore the voices of marginalized groups and ethnic minorities who suffer amidst the clash of civilizations. In exploring cultural communication between minority and mainstream communities as embodied by the archetypal heroes in the two works, this article highlights implications of resistance against values of the dominant. The method of "mythization" in modern Eastern and Western Literature, as this article argues, demonstrates the importance of minority discourses in as far as cultural conflicts in the globalizing world are concerned.

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This research was funded by Ministry of Education and Training under grant number B2022-DHH-03. The author(s) also acknowledge the partial support of Hue University under the Core Research Program, Grant No. NCM.DHH.2022.10.

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