Discourse, Panopticism, and Heterotopia in Things Fall Apart: Archaeology and Genealogy of Colonized Subjectivities

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Candidate in English Language and Literature, Department of English Language, Literature, and Linguistics, Faculty of Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature, Department of English Language, Literature, and Linguistics, Faculty of Language and Literature, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

10.22091/slic.2025.14405.1015

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