Volume VI Special Issue V June 2026

Name of Author : Shabina Peerzade

Title of the paper : Memory, Migration, and Hybrid Identity: A Chronotopic Reading of The Kite Runner

Abstract: This paper examines The Kite Runner through Mikhail Bakhtins concept of the chronotope to explore how memory, displacement, and migration influence diasporic identity. The study focuses on Amirs emotional and cultural journey between Afghanistan and America, where the past continuously interrupts and reshapes the present. Bakhtins idea of the interaction between time and space helps in understanding the tension between Amirs remembered homeland and his lived reality in exile. The paper argues that diasporic individuals often experience identity as fluid and fragmented because they remain emotionally connected to their native culture while adapting to a foreign society. Through Amirs experiences, the novel presents the psychological burden of guilt, nostalgia, cultural displacement, and the search for belonging. The analysis further highlights how diasporic existence produces hybrid identities that combine indigenous traditions with newly acquired cultural values. The study concludes that diaspora should not be viewed only as a condition of suffering or alienation but can also become a transformative experience that enables self discovery, reconciliation, and cultural negotiation.

Keywords : Diaspora, Chronotope, Memory, Hybrid Identity, Cultural Conflict, Migration, Identity Reconstruction.

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Page Number : 227-233