Transnationalism in Diasporic Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Novels ‘Home Fire’ and ‘Exit West’

This article aims to explore transnationalism in diasporic discourse in the novels “Home Fire” and “Exit West” The paper explores the complex web of migration, identities, and relationships that are portrayed in these novels. The study of diaspora and transnational studies looks at the historical and current migrations of people, the complicated issues of experience formed diasporic identities, and the innovative opportunities these migrations raise and provide. Transnationalism has become a significant factor in the formulation of policy and the making of decisions by states all over the world because of its emphasis on how national borders give way to the demands of inter-national movements driven by globalization, accessibility to transportation and communication, persecution of certain religions and political ideologies, and other socio-cultural factors. The study employs literary transnationalism theory by Peter Morgan and Fairclough’s three-dimensional model at theoretical and analytical levels respectively. Literary transnationalism identifies aspects of social morphology. From an analytical perspective, I used Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis. The data is analyzed by a corpus-based tool called UAM Software. This research study is qualitative in nature. This study concludes that the main characters in both novels faced many problems during migration.