الفهرس 
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Abstract
This thesis is divided into three chapters and a conclusion. Chapter one provides the theoretical framework for the thesis. Bhabha’s theorizing on hybridity, the third space of enunciation and the breaking up of all binaries, especially between colonizer and colonized, are going to be discussed and placed in a larger context of a postcolonial project and perspective promoted by Bhabha.
Chapter two deals with Hosseini’s ambivalent and hybridized narration of the Afghan and American nations. Hosseini narrates Afghanistan against a backDROP of a homogeneous hegemonic Pashtun ideology that is deemed representative of the Afghan culture. The liminality of the Afghan culture is highlighted, not only in terms of modern versus traditional but also Pashtun versus minority cultures. As Hosseini narrates Afghanistan, he is also rewriting the American nation in an act of double inscription. Hosseini’s narrative of America focuses on the subversive elements to dominant American culture’s perception of Afghanistan and the disillusionment of Afghan immigrants with life in America.
Chapter three moves from the close textual analysis of Hosseini’s narratives that characterized chapter two to the narratives about Hosseini and his work. The focus of chapter three is the juxtaposition of the responses to Hosseini’s novels from popular culture and academia. The exploration of the hybridity and subversive elements in the texts is extended to an investigation of how Hosseini’s choice of a hybrid representation affected the reception of his texts. As I conducted the research I found out that there are also limitations to Hosseini’s narratives despite their enunciative potential. This will be discussed in the second section of the chapter which comprises limitations and contributions of Hosseini’s narratives and combines the analytical with the theoretical.
The concluding chapter pinpoints the findings of the research. It investigates the implications of the responses to Hosseini’s narratives