Tolkachev S. P.

Crossing Invisible Borders: Hybrid Identity in Postcolonial British Prose  P. 103-113.

UDC  821.111-3.09

DOI: 10.37724/RSU.2022.77.4.011

 

Abstract. The article focuses on the peculiarities of modern British postcolonial literature which in the recent decade has been reassessing British migrants’ experience. The relevance of the research consists in the fact that it analyzes works of British writers from multicultural backgrounds. The analyzed literary works have been gaining popularity lately, which signals a cultural paradigm shift. The aim of the article is to analyze works by modern British writers Meera Syal and Diran Adebayo from the point of view of hybrid images which appear in the so called threshold spaces, i.e. between two or more cultures. The object of the researchis the novel Life is Not All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal and Some Kind of Black by Diran Adebayo. The research outlines new forms of multicultural poetics in postcolonial writers’ works, which help shape self-awareness of ethnic minorities in Britain and provoke socio-cultural and political discussions. The practical significance of the research consists in the fact that it can be used to teach foreign literature, postcolonial and multicultural prose.

 

Keywords: heteroglossia, hybridity, multiculturalism, postcolonial literature, new ethnic groups, transculturation.

 

 

 

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