Aleph
Volume 9, Numéro 2, Pages 15-23
2022-04-08
The Portrayal Of Muslim Characters In Post 9/11 Fiction: Amy Waldman’s The Submission (2011) As A Case Study
Authors : Abderrazag Sara .
Abstract
In the wake of September 11th attacks, the discourse of Islam as a religion of terror and violence becomes dominant in the West, leading to several negative effects on Muslims. This discourse is reinforced through several means including literary production for writers tend to portray Muslims as guilty and Islam as a religion of violence that encourages such criminal acts. However, other literary voices appeared later to challenge such generalizations by giving a voice to the “enemy” and positively depict Islam and Muslims. The purpose of this study, then, is to provide evidence that Amy Waldman, in her The Submission (2011), mirrors the power of discourse to define Muslims as a threat to the American society, generating this reality as a norm. Furthermore, it aims at highlighting Waldman’s portrayal of Muslim characters’ efforts to resist the distorted image they are associated with. The present study, then, found out that Waldman has successfully crafted a narrative that re-constructed certain misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. Furthermore, she paints the image of Muslim characters positively by depicting them as innocent, having good principles, and resistant to such a created discourse.
Keywords
discourse ; resistance ; Foucault ; Muslim characters ; Waldman ; The Submission
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