Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist. A Tale of Radicalization?
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https://doi.org/10.30827/tn.v8i1.29070Keywords:
novel, terrorism, radicalization, radicality, transational literatureAbstract
The 9/11 attacks in 2001 resulted in significant geopolitical, social, legal, and political consequences, primarily within the United States; however, they also sparked literary responses. This article examines how Mohsin Hamid explores the theme of ideological radicalization in his novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007). It analyzes how the author manipulates conventional discourses and representations of terrorism and radicalization to ensnare the reader, presenting them with a mirror of their own radicality. The conclusion raises questions about what would constitute the specifically literary radicality of a novel, drawing on a proposition by Justine Huppe.
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