权力话语论视角下的《追风筝的人》
毕业论文关键词：追风筝的人;权力;话语;
Abstract
The Kite Runner is the first novel of Afghan--born American writer Khaled•Hosseini. It receives a favorable reception since it has been published, and wins many kinds of prizes. Literature lovers and critics analyze it from various points of view. This thesis will analyze three groups of power relations in the novel, that is Pashtun and Hazara, master and servant, father and son, by using Michel Foucault’s theory of Power and Discourse. According to their power relations, discourse and reticence, the dialectical relationship between power and discourse in the literary work will be discussed. Thus the strict social hierarchy and cruel racial discrimination in Afghanistan can be reflected.
Key words：The kite runner; power; discourse;
An Analysis of The Kite Runner from the Perspective of Power and Discourse
Contents
摘 要 i
I. Introduction 1
II. Power and Discourse of Pashtun and Hazara 2
2.1 Power Relations between Pashtun and Hazara 2
2.2 Discourse of Pashtun and voiceless of Hazara 3
III. Power and Discourse of Master and Servant 4
3.1 Power Relations between Master and Servant 4
3.2 Discourse of Master 5
3.3 Reticence of Servant 7
IV. Power and Discourse of Father and Son 8
4.1 Power and Discourse of Father and Son 8
4.2 Discourse of Father 9
4.3 Reticence of Son 9
V. Conclusion 10
Bibliography 12
Acknowledgments 13
I.Introduction
The Kite Runner is the first novel of Afghan-born American writer Khaled Hosseini. It receives a favorable reception since it has been published in 2003. Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul on March 4th, 1965．On account of the domestic riot in Afghan, he fled to American with his father. Hussein’s major in university is medicine, but he is crazy on writing. As is known to all, his experience living in Afghanistan is the source of his writing inspiration. As a result, he has some similar experiences the protagonist –Amir to a certain degree. Both of then grew up in the same place,both of them immigrate to America. What’s more, they are fond of writing. The novel tells a story about an Afghan boy Amir who despicably betrays his half-brother and makes up for the faults he makes in his own way.
Here I will give you a detail introduction to Michel Foucault’s Power and Discourse theory. Michel Foucault was a French sociologist, philosopher, and historian．He is very interested in philosophy. He was well known for the theory of Power and Discourse. In Foucault’s opinion, power means that everything has an advantage over other things. At the same time, Foucault point out that compared to “formal speech” discourse is a wider-ranging idea. It is a dynamical concept which is based on development of social and economic. Most important of all, the theory of discourse is closely linked to power. Power and discourse interact with each other. Michel Foucault finds that it is via discourse or knowledge that we are created. Like other poststructuralists, “Foucault regards discourse as a central human activity, but not as a universal，general text, a vast sea of signification (Selden 185). In Foucault’s point of view, it is discourse that constitutes all kinds of knowledge．The reason why the Hazara people are born to be servants and enslave by the Pashtuns is that they do not have discourse. Furthermore, the toot causes is the lack of knowledge. As the saying goes that:“ knowledge is power”,which is indeed the case. In a word, only by developing education and getting knowledge acrossed can the Hazara become strong and prosperous．
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