Identity Confusion and Identity Construction Ideal in Amin Maalouf's Novel Les Désorientés
The autobiographical novel Les Désorientés(2012),written by Amin Maalouf(1949-),a Lebanese-French writer,recounts the memories of the protagonist Adam returning to his homeland for the first time,twenty-five years after he left Lebanon.His experiences fully describe the diaspora from the eastern Mediterranean countries,as a consequence of frequent ethnic and racial wars.Through Adam's eyes,the novel depicts"a group of confused children"and their struggles,hopes,and confusion.The author eloquently portrays the marginal situation of diaspora groups from"conquered areas"during the post-colonial period.He explores these emigrants'struggles:the constraints of tense social and economic situations,the identity confusion they encountered under the influence of the mixed culture of the East and the West,and the difficulty that they had in reconstructing their individual cultural identity.The novel conveys that the construction of cultural identity is an adaptive and selective process.For the diaspora,rebuilding an inclusive,mixed multicultural identity is the most logical and sensible strategy.Because in the era of globalization where various cultures strive for cohabitation,it is impossible to keep pace with the times while blindly sticking to one's origin,nor is it plausible to completely renounce the motherland's culture and become a"rootless person".Les Désorientés illustrates the author's desire to construct a community with a shared future for mankind with multicultural coexistence and integration.
Les DésorientésAmin Maaloufidentity constructionmulticulturalism
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