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The Middle Eastern War in the Post-memory Novel “Salt Houses” by Hala Alyan

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This study explores the concept of post-memory in Salt Houses novel by Hala Alvan. This study focuses on the forms of post-memory depicted in the novel as well as the effect of receiving post-memory on the characters. This research method involves in-depth text analysis and a gualitative approach to identify the elements in the novel that reflect post-memory experiences. The results of this study indicate that trauma of war can be transmitted through the family by several media such as story, letter, and picture, and through external environments other than family such as by friend, school, song, and news. In the novel, it shows that familial post-memory becomes strong influential form than affiliative postmemory because of three factors, namely the influence of the moment when the memory was transmitted, the way the memory was transmitted, and the relationship between the transmitter and the receiver of the memory. Additionally, it is discovered that the effects of receiving this memory causes various responses from characters, such as overprotectiveness, confusion, fear of abandonment, hopelessness, and curiosity. Related to familial post-memory as the strong influential form to transmit the memory in the novel, the effect experienced by Alia as the main character, who received the memory of loss from her mother, made her overly protective of her children, and even to her grandchildren.

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BSI-2023-AME t

Publisher

Makassar : FAH. Adab & Humaniora UIN ALauddin., 2023

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xiii, 75 hal :Ilus :, 30 cm

Language

English

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BSI-2023-AME t

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memory transmission
post-memory
Salt Houses novel,--trauma of war

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