03616nam a2200385 4500 230320s2021 my f m 000 0 eng d UIAM eng rda eng a-my--- BP223.Z8.L57 Mir, Adeelah Riyad 30307 author Comparing two genres of life writing : a study of Haley's the Autobiography of Malcolm X and Marable's Malcolm X : a life of reinvention / by Adeelah Riyad Mir Kuala Lumpur : AbdulHamid AbuSulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, 2021 x, 107 leaves : 30 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdamedia computer rdacarrier volume rdacarrier online resource text file PDF rdaft Abstracts in English and Arabic. "A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Human Sciences in English Literary Studies." --On title page. Thesis (MHSLS)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2021. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-107). This qualitative study attempts to compare and contrast Alex Haley’s The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Manning Marable’s Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, and evaluate the representative images of Malcolm X as portrayed in each book under the framework of narrative theory. This is achieved by examining the narrative strategy each author employs in constructing their text and discerning the ‘identity’ of Malcolm X. The study also questions the narrative truth of both the texts and explores the authors’ lives and careers in order to determine the veracity of the overall narrative of each book. This study finds that the authors’ portrayal of Malcolm X did not differ much from each other, except that concerns the final stages of his life. Sensibilities of each author were found to be embedded into their narratives and especially in their respective portrayal of the final identity of Malcolm X. This is because they project their own political ideologies and personal ideas onto their interpretation of Malcolm X’s ideological trajectory towards the end of his life. This study identifies life experiences, financial difficulties, marketing goals, and image management on the part of Alex Haley as influences over his narrative of Malcolm X’s life. Conversely, it considers personal experiences, political affinity to Democratic Socialism, and marketing strategies on the part of Manning Marable as factors that influenced his narrative constructions of Malcolm X’s identity. Additionally, the findings reveal that each author’s narrative agendas contribute to the fiction of non-fictional historiographic narratives as theorised by narratologist Hayden White. Lastly, while both narratives are not entirely factual, they represent the truth of Malcolm X’s life and legacy in their own way. X, Malcolm 1925-1965 37303 American literature 19th century Theses, IIUM local 64 Dissertations, Academic Department of English Language and Literature IIUM 19519 Md. Mahmudul Hasan degree supervisor 10749 International Islamic University Malaysia Department of English Language and Literature 169 http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/11304 sz-nbm lcc THESIS 512762 544179 0 0 lcc 0 1 3 IIUMTHESIS IIUM IIUM THESIS 2023-01-11 MGIFT t BP 223 Z8 L57 M617C 2021 11100453903 2023-01-11 00:00:00 2023-01-11 THESIS