The twentieth century can be considered a highway in which the writers produced or reproduced various ideas not only in science but also in humanities. Some writers gave a birth to new ideas while the others reproduced the old ideas or themes and decorated them in a new mold. The significant theme in the twentieth century, particularly after colonization, which is widespread in literature, history, and politics, is the theme of exile. Nevertheless, the theme of exile is never born in the twentieth century or postcolonial writers find out it, but it is a phenomenon with very long history. One of the hypothesis refers to the origin of the theme of exile to the story of Adam and Eve when they were displaced from Garden of Eden as it is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: “The Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.” (Gen 3:23-24).
In the first part of my work, I will examine the definition of the concept of exile, and then I will investigate the origin of the concept of exile. As well, I will investigate the dimensions of the theme of exile and the epistemological influences of it in the twentieth century, …show more content…
He was educated in Jesuit colleges and at the Royal University, and shortly he left Ireland to France. In Paris, he studied medicine but it was for short period and returned to Ireland. In 1904, he exiled Ireland to Pula in Croatia with his wife to work as an English teacher. After that, he went to Italy to settle in Trieste, where he taught English and learned Italian as well as 17 languages which he was speaking such as (English, Italian, French, Arabic, Sanskrit, Greek,
In the first part of my work, I will examine the definition of the concept of exile, and then I will investigate the origin of the concept of exile. As well, I will investigate the dimensions of the theme of exile and the epistemological influences of it in the twentieth century, …show more content…
He was educated in Jesuit colleges and at the Royal University, and shortly he left Ireland to France. In Paris, he studied medicine but it was for short period and returned to Ireland. In 1904, he exiled Ireland to Pula in Croatia with his wife to work as an English teacher. After that, he went to Italy to settle in Trieste, where he taught English and learned Italian as well as 17 languages which he was speaking such as (English, Italian, French, Arabic, Sanskrit, Greek,