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HISS Volume 4 Issue 8 Pages 2899-2932
HISS Volume 4 Issue 8 Pages 2899-2932
Abstract:
The objective of this research is to investigate epiphany as a
feature of modernism in the light of two pioneers: Virginia Woolf
and James Joyce. This feature will be applied on the characters of
Khalid Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner. The points that will be
elaborated in this paper are (1) what is epiphany? (2) Who is the
founder of this literary term? (3) Epiphanies: James Joyce and
Virginia Woolf. (4) Types of Epiphanies (5) Epiphanic
Characteristics (6) Epiphanies in The Kite Runner.
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Joyce was the first to reintroduce the term epiphany into the
modern vernacular using it to describe the sudden and profound
insights of Stephen Daedalus- the central character of Joyce's
book A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man (Joyce, 1916).
Joyce believed that artists used their insight into the events of
daily life, by transmuting them into a celebration of humanity
(Beja, 1993, P.71). What was distinctive about Joyce's
contribution to the evolution of the term epiphany was the secular
meaning he gave to it; a meaning that was more closely oriented
to the Greek and Pagan definitions of the term than the divine
meaning it was accorded in Christian mythology (Hayman, 1998).
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his introduction that "The title means exactly what the words
say: naked lunch, a frozen moment when everyone sees what is
on the end of every fork." (Kim, 1950).
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Epiphanic Characteristics:
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emotions are so deep and raw; I can't really go into it. This book
is filled with such unspeakable sadness. Amir's guilt turned me
into an insomniac-I was Amir. I felt all the pain and betrayal. I
was Hassan. I was destroyed, elated, torn in two by the powerful
emotions in this book"(Aubry, 2016, pp. 25-43).
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section ends with the marriage of Amir to Thoraya and the death
of Amir’s father in 1989.
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tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat,
you steal the right to fairness... there is no act more wretched than
stealing.”
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outcomes. Guilt is a deep regret for actions because they fell short
of our own moral standards. Guilt is a prerequisite for remorse,
which is more mature and proactive than guilt in that it also
involves an impulse for repentance and reparation. (Burton,
2014). After thinking everything over, Amir realizes that his
actions have had a grave effect on Hassan’s life. He now thinks of
Hassan as his brother and he recalls the unqualified love Hassan
has given him. Amir thinks about his father’s desire for him to
stand up for something and to do his own fighting and realizes
that this is the time to do it. He returns to Rahim Khan’s house
and tells him that he is going to Kabul to find Sohrab.
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his own and hopefully come out on top. Amir is utterly alone on
his quest and he must continue to fight to make things right.
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This is how Amir found his way to be good again after all
these years of redemption and feeling guilty. Finally, he had a
transformation in his character to be better than he was in the
beginning of the novel. It is evident now that it is a
bildungsroman novel. The bildungsroman, however, has as a focal
point, the development of the main character from childhood to
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Without the sense of guilt that Amir and Baba felt, they
would not have been determined to achieve what they did in their
lives. Baba would not have tried to be the best, attempting to hide
his moral sin under the extravagance of his good deeds, and Amir
would not have gone back into Afghanistan to save a young boy.
Without guilt, there would have been no reason for these two men
to go up against the odds, to help others less fortunate than
themselves, and to put their lives on the line for the well-being of
others.
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Conclusion:
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References:
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