PROBLEM OF OTHERNESS AGAINST THE CUBAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL BORDER IN CHRISTINA GARCIA AND OSCAR HIJUELOS'S EARLY NOVELS
Abstract
The article focuses on problem of otherness
in creativity of Cuban-American novelists. The opposition
«own - foreign» is one of the major elements
in formation of national identity for immigrant culture. It
is possible to track biculturation in Christina Garcia and
Oscar Hijueloss novels, situation where the two cultures
achieve a balance that makes it difficult to determine
which is the dominant and which is the subordinate culture.
In attempt to translate cultural codes on universal
language of art they find possibility to overcome their
otherness and form the complete identity.
in creativity of Cuban-American novelists. The opposition
«own - foreign» is one of the major elements
in formation of national identity for immigrant culture. It
is possible to track biculturation in Christina Garcia and
Oscar Hijueloss novels, situation where the two cultures
achieve a balance that makes it difficult to determine
which is the dominant and which is the subordinate culture.
In attempt to translate cultural codes on universal
language of art they find possibility to overcome their
otherness and form the complete identity.
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