Signs of Hybridness in Texts Produced inDiaspora vs. Homeland

Hybridily is a feature expected to emerge in specific cultural spaces like diasporas;however, not solely the texts produced in a diaspora qualify as hybrid. the textscreated in homeland - in this study, iran - can reflect hybridness as well. but it isnot clear whether both groups of texts, i.e. iranian and diasporic, enioy the samekind and degree of hybridily. the present paper then, relying on a huge corpus of670000 words, consisting of eleven novels and collections of short stories,produced either in iran or iranian diaspora, in a period of ten years from 1998 to2008, attempts to reveal the differences in kind and degree of hybridily in textsproduced in iran (homeland) versus those created in iranian diaspora