Cyberspace Metaphor and Online Identity in Olivia Sudjic’s Sympathy (2017) and Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This (2021): An Interdisciplinary Approach | ||||
| مجلة کلية الآداب جامعة الفيوم | ||||
| Article 163, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2025, Page 1337-1393 PDF (778.81 K) | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jfafu.2025.378857.2215 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
فاتن أحمد رمضان 
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| قسم اللغة الإنجليزية ، کلية الآداب ، جامعة الفيوم ، محافظة الفيوم | ||||
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| Abstract Technology with its digital platforms posit new challenges which make the study of identity, especially, the disparity between online and offline identity, an entangled issue with the newly-created cyberspaces that can fake reality. Virtual space/Cyberspace displays a world with no boundaries of time and space. The current research examines the representation of online identity on two debut novels: Olivia Sudjic’s Sympathy (2017) and Patricia Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This (2021). The two selected novels penetrate the influence of Instagram and Twitter respectively on shaping the identity of the heroines. The research adopts an interdisciplinary approach that integrates the concept of Cyberspace as a metaphor with the Communication Theory of Identity (CTI) to show how identity is shaped through the affordances provided in the virtual spaces. Examination of online identity has not been given its due study in literary texts; therefore, this research endeavours to fill this gap by examining the two selected novels whose narratives explore obsession with the virtual platforms. Keywords Cyberspace Metaphor, Online Identity, Sudjic’s Sympathy, Lockwood’s No One Is Talking About This, Communication Theory of Identity, Affordances | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Cyberspace Metaphor; Online Identity; Communication Theory of Identity; Affordances | ||||
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