Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Mittlerer Osten, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This study is about John Berry s Theory of Acculturation whose main concepts are separation, marginalization, assimilation, and integration. It examines how the theory of Acculturation can be applied to the two Canadian novels under study: Margaret Atwood s "The Handmaid s Tale" and Michael Ondaatje s "The English patient." It is divided into three chapters with an introduction and a conclusion. The introduction includes the following: objective of study, questions of study, methodology of study, literature review, and chapterizations. The questions of that study are: What is the Theory of Acculturation?; what are the four strategies of this theory and how they are developed?; why is today s world in dire need of cultural diversity?; and how are these four strategies applied to the two novels?
