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标题：REVERSE CULTURE-SHOCK WITH AN ATTEMPT OF COMPROMISING CULTURES: A CRITIQUE OF A. RIHANI’S THE BOOK OF KHALID AND T. SALIH’S SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTH
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作者：Mugahed Alheshami ; Mohammed Yassin Mohammed Aba Sha'ar
期刊名称：LET: Linguistics, Literature and English Teaching Journal
印刷版ISSN：2086-9606
电子版ISSN：2549-2454
出版年度：2019
卷号：9
期号：2
页码：133-153
DOI：10.18592/let.v9i2.3140
语种：English
出版社：English Department of Antasari State Islamic University
摘要：Upon repatriation, many socio-psychological problems accompany the returnees to their home culture after spending a long time in the host culture. It is assumed that the returnees find no difficulty in re-adapting the life in their culture; however, many studies expound that re-adjustment in the home culture, particularly after spending a long time in another culture, is not an easy process, the returnees experience a re-entry or reversal cultural-shock. The main contention of this paper is to expound how Rihani and Salih attempt with a new literary trend to unify the eastern and western cultures in their fictional worlds. The paper underpins the idea of bridging the gaps between cultures and initiating a new era of mutual understanding and co-existence between the nations. It explicates how both novels present a different picture of the oriental world that contradicts with the orientalist and neo-orientalist depictions by projecting the Arabia culture and people equitably.