Masaryk University
Faculty of Arts
Department of English
and American Studies
English Language and Literature
Lucia Tupá
Re-orientalism as a Writing Strategy: Generational Gaps or Cultural Differences in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake and Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club
Bachelor’s Diploma Thesis
Supervisor: Mgr. Martina Horákova, Ph.D.
2015
I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently,
using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography.
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Acknowledgement
I would like to thank my supervisor, Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. for her valuable advice, comments and kind guidance throughout the writing of this thesis.
Table of content
Introduction 5
1 Asian Americans and Their Place in American Society 7
2 Immigrant Literature as a Genre 10
3 Themes of Jhumpa Lahiri and Amy Tan 13
4 Diasporic Writers as Orientalists 17
5. Re-orientalism of Lahiri and Tan 21
5. 1 Food and Clothes as Ethnic Markers 21
5. 2 Language and Its Role 24
5. 3 Authenticity 27
6 The Second Generation Immigrants 31
6. 1 Teaching “Foreign” Culture 34
6. 2 Understanding Their Children 39
6. 3 Understanding Their Parents’ Culture 42
Conclusion 47
Sources 49
Summary 55
Résumé 57
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