Places and non-places in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane

Authors

  • Julia Goulart Sereno Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/palimpsesto.2018.35401

Keywords:

diaspora, memory, place, non-place, belonging

Abstract

This article aims at analyzing the role of flashbacks experienced by Nazneen, who is the protagonist of the novel Brick Lane (2003), by Monica Ali. By considering the concepts of spaces, places and non-places proposed by anthropologist Marc Augé in Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (1994), which is mentioned by phi-losopher Zygmunt Bauman in Liquid Modernity (2000), the present article will demon-strate how Nazneen tries to reconstruct/rewrite her spatial and temporal displacement through her memory. However, what could be seen as an escape is, in essence, a journey in search for meaning, for belonging.

Author Biography

Julia Goulart Sereno, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

Mestre em Letras – Literaturas de Língua Inglesa – pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)

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Published

2018-07-03

How to Cite

Sereno, J. G. (2018). Places and non-places in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane. Palimpsesto - Revista Do Programa De Pós-Graduação Em Letras Da UERJ, 17(26), 685–695. https://doi.org/10.12957/palimpsesto.2018.35401

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 26 (2018): Linguística e Literatura e(m) diálogo: intersecções

Section

Estudos de Literatura

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