Contemporary Refugee Literature - Syria and Beyond

This book examines contemporary refugee narratives, and explores their power to challenge dominant representations while revealing their entanglement in neoliberal literary markets.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Silent Stories Unveiled: Syrian Refugee Narratives in Contemporary Literature
Chapter 1: Escape from Aleppo by N. H. Senzai
Chapter 2. A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi
Chapter 3. Refugee by Alan Gratz
Chapter 4. The Beeker of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Chapter 5. Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
Part II: Crossing Continents: Exploring Refugee Narratives from Around the World
Chapter 6. Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah
Chapter 7. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Chapter 8. What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers
Chapter 9. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Chapter 10. In the Sea There are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Sercan Hamza Bälama holds a PhD from Durham University, UK, and is currently an Associate Professor of English Literature at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye. His research focuses on Refugee Studies, Postcolonial Literatures, and Political Philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Sercan Hamza Baglama, Sercan Hamza Bağlama
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032756318
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275631-8
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Routledge Literary Studies in Social Justice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, International Relations, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature