Mustafa Sa'eed
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Mustafa Sa'eed is the enigmatic, Western-educated Sudanese anti-hero of Tayeb Salih’s novel "Season of Migration to the North," whose life embodies the psychological and cultural collisions between colonial Europe and postcolonial Sudan.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mustafa Sa'eed canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-hero
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Season of Migration to the North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| backstoryLocation | Khartoum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
cultural conflict between Europe and Sudan
ⓘ
postcolonial identity crisis ⓘ psychological effects of colonialism ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
enigmatic
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intellectual ⓘ manipulative ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tayeb Salih NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathType | ambiguous death ⓘ |
| diesBy | drowning ⓘ |
| educatedIn |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Sudanese ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Season of Migration to the North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Season of Migration to the North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild | two sons ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | unnamed narrator of Season of Migration to the North ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Hosna Bint Mahmoud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| laterLivesIn | Sudanese village on the Nile ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
narrative focal point
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| livesIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Sudanese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
murder of his English wife
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seducing European women ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
ⓘ
university lecturer ⓘ |
| setInWork |
Sudan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedAt | University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
ambivalence toward Western modernity
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collision between colonial Europe and postcolonial Sudan ⓘ revenge against colonial power ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
East–West encounter
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eroticization of the colonial other ⓘ violence and desire ⓘ |
| triedIn | British court ⓘ |
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