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Casco Solís, Sara 2017-12-12T19:21:48Z 2017-12-12T19:21:48Z 2016-07-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10366/135761 [EN]This paper examines the precarious conditions endured by defenceless refugee seekers impelled to risk their lives in other countries. Lawrence Hill emphasizes the role of literature as an effective means to portray an extremely current situation in the world. In his recent novel, The Illegal, Hill depicts the hardships and mistreatment of non-status refugees who are deprived of their civil rights as human beings. While becoming vulnerable subjects at the mercy of the wealthy, asylum seekers are treated as inferior beings without dignity and identity. In the novel, non-status refugees become invisible and dependent subjects without a voice in a strange land. However, Hill turns this inhumane life of humiliation into one of empowerment by portraying a character, Keita Ali, who is able to survive in a strange land where his presence is considered illegal. [ES]En este ensayo se examinan las condiciones de precariedad sufridas por refugiados indefensos y carentes de estatus social que arriesgan sus vidas en otros países. Lawrence Hill trata de destacar el rol de la literatura como un medio eficaz para la representación de una situación muy actual hoy en día. En su última novela, The Illegal, Hill muestra las adversidades, el maltrato y el abuso que reciben diariamente los refugiados sin estatus tras ser privados de sus derechos civiles como seres humanos. De esta manera, se convierten en sujetos vulnerables a merced de las personas acomodadas, quienes los tratan como seres inferiores sin dignidad e identidad. En la novela, los refugiados son personas invisibles y dependientes sin derecho a revelarse. Sin embargo, Hill desafía esa vida inhumana y humillante a través del personaje de Keita Ali, capaz de sobrevivir en un lugar desconocido donde su presencia es considerada ilegal. eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported Literature Hill, Lawrence The illegal Social anthropology Canadian imaginary Precarious Refugee Asylum seekers Non-status migrants Hospitality Civil rights Nation-state Citizenship Vulnerable subjects Resilience Invisibility Migration Empowerment Illegal Vulnerability and resilience in Lawrence Hill’s "The illegal" info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis