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EXPLORING THEMATIC CONCERNS OF THE MAGICAL DOORS IN HAMIDS EXIT WEST A MAGICAL REALIST PERSPECTIVE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).16      10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).16      Published : Mar 2024

Exploring Thematic Concerns of the Magical Doors in Hamid's Exit West: A Magical Realist Perspective

Abstract

    This study addresses the thematic concerns of black doors in the novel Exit West. The study follows the constructivist paradigm. Purposive sampling of text has been made from the novel. Magical realism as a literary genre is taken as a central point to do a thematic analysis of the text and to show how supernatural elements coupled with realistic elements represent different themes. The analysis shows that the doors represent uncertainty and danger, aspirations of third world countries people to migrate to a better country, the concept of escape, the emotive role of reuniting people, and the concept of Islamophobia and Xenophobia associated with migrants.

    Exit West, Magical Doors, Magical Realism, Migrants, Supernatural

    (1) Jawad Hashmi
    Undergraduate, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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