Discourse of Minority Communities: Comparing Archetypal Heroes in Nguyễn Huy Thiệp’s “The Tiger’s Heart” (1971) and John Steinbeck’s The Pearl (1947)

Nguyen Thi Thu Hang; Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan

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Discourse of Minority Communities: Comparing Archetypal Heroes in Nguyễn Huy Thiệp’s “The Tiger’s Heart” (1971) and John Steinbeck’s The Pearl (1947)

Nguyen Thi Thu Hang (College of Education, Hue University, Vietnam.)
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (College of Education, Hue University, Vietnam.)

SUVANNABHUMI / SUVANNABHUMI, (P)2092-738X; (E)2799-7839

2022, v.14 no.1, pp.53-70

https://doi.org/10.22801/svn.2022.14.1.53

Nguyen, T. T. H. , & Nguyen, T. K. N. (2022). Discourse of Minority Communities: Comparing Archetypal Heroes in Nguyễn Huy Thiệp’s “The Tiger’s Heart” (1971) and John Steinbeck’s The Pearl (1947). SUVANNABHUMI, 14(1), 53-70, https://doi.org/10.22801/svn.2022.14.1.53

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This article compares archetypal heroes in Nguyễn Huy Thiệp's “The Tiger’s Heart” and John Steinbeck's The Pearl. It aims to explore the voices of marginalized groups and ethnic minorities who suffer amidst the clash of civilizations. In exploring cultural communication between minority and mainstream communities as embodied by the archetypal heroes in the two works, this article highlights implications of resistance against values of the dominant. The method of "mythization" in modern Eastern and Western Literature, as this article argues, demonstrates the importance of minority discourses in as far as cultural conflicts in the globalizing world are concerned.

keywords: Archetypal hero, folk narratives, minority discourses, minority communities, mythical thinking

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