Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Maryam MohammadTaheri ¹
• Mohammad Reza Haji Agha Babaei ²

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² Associate Professor, Persian Language and Literature

Abstract

Interdisciplinary studies focus on emerging areas of knowledge that analyze concepts from multiple pure disciplines. They provide an opportunity to break through traditional boundaries and merge two or more scientific and specialized fields.
Postcolonial theories represent an interdisciplinary area within the humanities that is, in some ways, a subset of postmodernism. This field encompasses a variety of theories drawn from Sociology, Philosophy, Human geography, Literature, and Film. Key figures of postcolonial studies are: Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak.
Belqis Soleimani has chosen the literary format of the novel to represent the problems of subalterns, especially the Subaltern women. The current research tries to examine this novel from the viewpoint of the superiority or inferiority of its characters, based on the opinions of Gayatri Spivak. Since Spivak's focus is mostly on subaltern women and their mentality and agency, and since she believes that "subalterns cannot speak" due to the social conditions, this research aims to answer these questions: Is it possible to see the elements and components that imply the concept of inferior "Other" in the piade novel? What are the reactions of the novel's main characters to being considered inferior or superior? Do the subaltern characters manage to change the process of their otherness and finally "speak"?
Keywords:Interdisciplinary, post-colonialism, subalternity, Gayatri Spivak, Piade (Pedestrian), Balqis Soleimani