الفهرس 
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Abstract
This thesis aims at reading Buchi Emecheta’s In the Ditch (1972) and Second Class Citizen (1974) and Miral Al-Tahawy’s Brooklyn Heights (2010) from a diasporic and an autofictive perspectives. The thesis focuses on tracing the characteristics of diaspora literature in the selected works along with the impact of the diasporic experience on the characters. The selected novels depict the migration from their original homes to host countries emphasizing the diasporic impact on both the authors and their characters. This diasporic effect is reflected in the conflict of identity; not only of the characters but also of the authors themselves. Hence, the thesis also highlights the autofictional elements embedded in the selected works. The cultural conflict which the characters undergo will be explored in relation to their transition from Nigerian and Egyptian societies to Western societies. Both authors resort to their original homeland memories and employ them in their works inducing an element of autofiction. Along with the collective memories of homeland history and location, the element of autofiction and the dwelling on the authors’ own past memories, the characters’ identities undergo tangible transformation. The theoretical framework of the thesis will draw upon diaspora critics such as Khachig Tӧlӧlyan, Robin Cohen, and William Safran; in addition to Edward Said and Homi Bhabha. Moreover, the writings of Serge Doubrovsky, Hywel Dix, Arnaud Schmitt, and Karen Ferreira-Meyers on autofiction will constitute a further addition to the critical approach of the thesis.
Key words:
Diaspora, Diaspora Literatures, Diasporic Writers.