ABSTRACT Research on illegal immigration rarely checks the postmodernist propulsions that hinge on postcolonial subjects and their choices. In the following essay on Laila Lalami’s last piece, titled: ‘The Storyteller’ in Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits (2005), an argument is specified through the Moroccan-American author carefully tracing Murad’s rise from the dregs of angst. This rise reflects the lives of disenchanted Maghrebi youths seeking illegal immigration or harr’ga as part of impinging postmodernism on postcolonial experience. Embracing the future in Murad’s circumstances could be possible via affective, not cognitive, means, by investing in cultural memory. Following his deportation from Spain, Murad, the failed harr’ag, becomes emotionally damaged, a force of destruction propelling his own annihilation. Only when abiding by the story he learned from his deceased father does he notice his chances of reconciling with suffering. Through the medieval story of Ghomari, the rug weaver, whose art brought down a despot, Murad shakes off the two American tourists’ emotional oversight of what it means to be postcolonial. Eventually, Murad decides to become a writer: an artist and dreamer. By combining phenomenological, existential, and mythical insights, the essay highlights how Lalami’s story leads readers to discover an empowering narrative for the Maghrebi youth; affective empowerment rooted in shouldering responsibility and emulating the mythic hero.

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颠覆性地毯或后殖民时期马格里布的艺术如何与痛苦相融：读莱拉·拉拉米（Laila Lalami）的《讲故事的人》

摘要关于非法移民的研究很少检查依赖于后殖民主体及其选择的后现代主义推动力。在以下有关莱拉·拉拉米（Laila Lalami）的最后一篇文章的标题为“希望与其他危险追求”中的“讲故事的人”（2005年）中，一位摩洛哥裔美国作家提出了一个论点，仔细地追踪了穆拉德从焦虑之祸中的崛起。这种上升反映了迷幻的马格里比年轻人的生活，他们寻求非法移民或harr'ga，作为将后现代主义冲击后殖民经验的一部分。可以通过情感而非认知的方式投资于文化记忆，从而在穆拉德的环境中拥抱未来。从西班牙驱逐出境后，失败的harr'ag穆拉德（Morad）受到了情感上的破坏，一种毁灭性力量推动了他的歼灭。只有遵守他从已故父亲那里学到的故事时，他才注意到他与苦难和解的机会。通过中世纪的地毯织工戈马里（Ghomari）的故事，穆拉德的艺术推翻了专制，穆拉德摆脱了两位美国游客对后殖民主义的情感监督。最终，穆拉德决定成为一名作家：艺术家和梦想家。通过结合现象学的，存在的和神话的见解，本文强调了拉拉米的故事如何引导读者发现马格里比青年的赋能叙事。赋予情感的权力植根于承担责任并效仿神话英雄。穆拉德摆脱了两位美国游客对后殖民主义的情感监督。最终，穆拉德决定成为一名作家：艺术家和梦想家。通过结合现象学的，存在的和神话的见解，本文强调了拉拉米的故事如何引导读者发现马格里比青年的赋能叙事。情感授权植根于承担责任并效仿神话英雄。穆拉德摆脱了两位美国游客对后殖民主义的情感监督。最终，穆拉德决定成为一名作家：艺术家和梦想家。通过结合现象学的，存在的和神话的见解，本文强调了拉拉米的故事如何引导读者发现马格里比青年的赋能叙事。赋予情感的权力植根于承担责任并效仿神话英雄。