Harokopio University of Athens
Department of Home Economics and Ecology
PSP Education and Culture
Diploma thesis: Immigration Literature, the
case of two writers from Iran
The
purpose of this thesis is to examine the depiction of immigration to
literary works of authors immigrants in
order to show how this experience affects their authors. To achieve this
investigation, the case study wasutilized, while the approach of the material
was based on the method of content analysis, combined with the method of
biographical interpretation .The research focuses on the study of two authors'
works, who immigrated to Greece, Fereydoun Faryad (1949-2012) and Hiva Panahi
(1980-), derived from Kurds of Iran. The research material is based on the work of the
two authors adopted officially in Greek after their migrations. In the theoretical part of this work, first
is examined the historical - social
context that concerns the country of origin of the two authors, Iran.
Then the meaning of '“foreign” is analyzed. Finally, it explores the concept of
Immigrant Literature and attempted demonstrate the features of the course of
study,
modern theories about related to this as
well as the way of dealing with it in Greece.
The conclusion drawn from the analysis of the works of both authors is
that, despite their differences in several places, also some similarities are
presented between them, first as to the attitude towards their country before
their migration, which is linked to the causes of their expatriation, and
secondly as to capture the emotions that the immigration experience
causes. Also the attitude that the two
authors form after the migration is similar, as far as it concerns their
homeland and their host country. These two creators seem to be bound with both
countries and form a complex identity, while in their works inter cultural elements are
obviously presented.
03/12/2015, Athens
