An Arab Perspective On Jonathan Swift

Author : Samira al-Khawaldeh
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 2023-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527504646

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An Arab Perspective on Jonathan Swift by Samira al-Khawaldeh Pdf

How do young scholars from the Arab world interact with English literature? Is literature relevant to their life? Can it help shape their reality? Is this affiliation new, or is there a pattern? This book poses some answers to these questions and more; it is ideal for university students and young intellectuals who seek further insight into world literature and literary theory. As this book shows, strong and courageous voices from the past, voices that transcend time and space, like Swift's, must remain alive in the departments of English and world literature in this wasteland of globalization - a world dominated by cold science, materialism, and conflict. There is need for Swift to haunt us, for his ghost to wake us to the truth. Anarchist, anti-colonialist, nay-sayer, champion of the oppressed and conscious of the plight of women, Swift is the ultimate "therapeutic ironist"; what more can a pen do?

Author : Samira al-Khawaldeh
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527504653

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An Arab Perspective on Jonathan Swift by Samira al-Khawaldeh Pdf

How do young scholars from the Arab world interact with English literature? Is literature relevant to their life? Can it help shape their reality? Is this affiliation new, or is there a pattern? This book poses some answers to these questions and more; it is ideal for university students and young intellectuals who seek further insight into world literature and literary theory. As this book shows, strong and courageous voices from the past, voices that transcend time and space, like Swift’s, must remain alive in the departments of English and world literature in this wasteland of globalization - a world dominated by cold science, materialism, and conflict. There is need for Swift to haunt us, for his ghost to wake us to the truth. Anarchist, anti-colonialist, nay-sayer, champion of the oppressed and conscious of the plight of women, Swift is the ultimate “therapeutic ironist”; what more can a pen do?

Author : M.D. Walhout
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755634156

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Arab Intellectuals and American Power by M.D. Walhout Pdf

Edward Said, the famous Palestinian American scholar and activist, was one of the twentieth century's most iconic public intellectuals, whose pioneering and – to some – controversial work on Orientalism shaped Middle Eastern and postcolonial studies and beyond. But how exactly did he arrive at his famous maxim to 'speak truth to power'? This dual biographical study examines the lives of Edward Said and the eminent Lebanese philosopher and diplomat Charles Malik, a distant relative 30 years his senior whom Said knew from childhood as “Uncle Charles.” To Said, Malik was no ordinary relative; in his memoir, he called Malik “the great negative intellectual lesson of my life”, and was to describe him as “an ideal as I was growing up” only to later claim Malik “went through an ugly transformation that I could never come to terms with”. M.D. Walhout charts the development of these two remarkable figures, reconstructing in the process the way in which American power in the Middle East came to have a defining effect on Arab intellectuals in the twentieth century. Exploring issues of religion and nationalism, Walhout shows how Said came to reject much of what Malik stood for: Christian faith, hardline anti-Communism and the benign nature of American power. He argues that the example of Malik was instrumental in the development of Said's later belief that the true vocation of the intellectual was not to compromise with power, but to resist it.

Author : Samir Khalaf,John Gagnon
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780863564871

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Sexuality in the Arab World by Samir Khalaf,John Gagnon Pdf

Arab cultural discourse has been slow to respond to changing sexual behaviour. The contributors to this collection pick up the slack, ranging across such disciplines as literature, history, sociology and psychology. Is Damascus the 'chastity capital' of the Middle East, where perceptions of wealth and class fuel female rivalries? How do gay men cruise in Beirut? How do young women in Tunis cope with both social pressures to become thin and family pressures to gain weight? What do Lebanese creative-writing students write about sexual practices versus public behaviour? The fresh, compelling research topi covered include masculinity and migration; colonialism and sexual health; fantasy and violence; and domestic workers and sexual tensions. 'Other people's sex lives have always been a source of fascination, and nowhere more so than in the Middle East ... Ground-breaking.' New Statesman

Author : Anders Pettersson,Gunilla Lindberg-Wada,Margareta Petersson,Stefan Helgesson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110189321

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Literary History by Anders Pettersson,Gunilla Lindberg-Wada,Margareta Petersson,Stefan Helgesson Pdf

Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective is a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). Initiated in 1996 and launched in 1999, it aims at finding suitable methods and approaches for studying and analysing literature globally, emphasizing the comparative and intercultural aspect. Even though we nowadays have fast and easy access to any kind of information on literature and literary history, we encounter, more than ever, the difficulty of finding a credible overall perspective on world literary history. Until today, literary cultures and traditions have usually been studied separately, each field using its own principles and methods. Even the conceptual basis itself varies from section to section and the genre concepts employed are not mutually compatible. As a consequence, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for the interested layperson as well as for the professional student, to gain a clear and fair perspective both on the literary traditions of other peoples and on one's own traditions. The project can be considered as a contribution to gradually removing this problem and helping to gain a better understanding of literature and literary history by means of a concerted empirical research and deeper conceptual reflection. The contributions to the four volumes are written in English by specialists from a large number of disciplines, primarily from the fields of comparative literature, Oriental studies and African studies in Sweden. All of the literary texts discussed in the articles are in the original language. Each one of the four volumes is devoted to a special research topic.

Author : Christopher Fox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521002834

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The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Swift by Christopher Fox Pdf

The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Swift is a specially commissioned collection of essays. Arranged thematically across a range of topics, this volume will deepen and extend the enjoyment and understanding of Jonathan Swift for students and scholars. The thirteen essays explore crucial dimensions of Swift s life and works. As well as ensuring a broad coverage of Swift s writing - including early and later works as well as the better known and the lesser known - the Companion also offers a way into current critical and theoretical issues surrounding the author. Special emphasis is placed on Swift s vexed relationship with the land of his birth, Ireland; and on his place as a political writer in a highly politicised age. The Companion offers a lucid introduction to these and other issues, and raises new questions about Swift and his world. The volume features a detailed chronology and a guide to further reading.

Author : EduGorilla Prep Experts
Publisher : EduGorilla Community Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789355560216

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NRA CET Exam for 12th Pass General Awareness (English Edition) | National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test | 20 Topic-wise Solved Tests by EduGorilla Prep Experts Pdf

• Best Selling Book in English Edition for NRA CET Exam for 12th Pass : General Awareness (Topic-wise Tests) with objective-type questions as per the latest syllabus given by the National Recruitment Agency. • Compare your performance with other students using Smart Answer Sheets in EduGorilla’s NRA CET Exam for 12th Pass : General Awareness Practice Kit. • NRA CET Exam for 12th Pass : General Awareness Preparation Kit comes with 20 Topic-wise Practice Tests with the best quality content. • Increase your chances of selection by 14X. • NRA CET Exam for 12th Pass : General Awareness Prep Kit comes with well-structured and 100% detailed solutions for all the questions. • Clear exam with good grades using thoroughly Researched Content by experts.

Author : Leonard Spinrad,Thelma Spinrad
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : IND:39000000417910

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Complete Speaker's Almanac by Leonard Spinrad,Thelma Spinrad Pdf

Author : S. Robert Lichter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429961847

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Politics Is a Joke! by S. Robert Lichter Pdf

Does late night political humor matter? Are late-night comedians merely entertaining, or do they have the power to influence the way we think about politics and politicians? Politics Is a Joke! situates late night comedy in the historical context of political humor and demonstrates how the public turn to this venue for political information, and are in turn affected by it. Using exclusive data collected by the Center for Media and Public Affairs, the authors conduct a detailed and exhaustive analysis of political jokes on late night TV shows dating back to 1992 in order to pinpoint the main targets and themes of late-night comedy. Politics Is a Joke! uses a wide range of examples, from jokes about politicians' physical appearance and sex scandals to jokes about Congress and even the news media, to assess and understand the impact of political humor on political institutions, politicians and their policies and behavior. Engagingly written with analysis of jokes from comedians like Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, Politics is a Joke! is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the crucial role late night comedy plays in our political universe - and anyone who enjoys a good laugh.

Author : Bernie Keating
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781546276999

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My Take on the Past by Bernie Keating Pdf

This review of the history is a departure with more emphasis on key events and players and less on detail. It also incorporates the Asian past that is missing from many European-centered histories. Keating has published twenty books during his fifty-year career as an executive of a multinational company. His eclectic writing pursuits include science, frontier history, religion, music, and economics, bringing this broad perspective into his take on history.

Author : Donald Kagan,Frank M. Turner,Steven M. Ozment
Publisher : Addison Wesley Longman
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 0131624741

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W Herit V1 Tlc and Hst Notes by Donald Kagan,Frank M. Turner,Steven M. Ozment Pdf

Author : Donald M. Kagan,Frank M. Turner,Steven Ozment
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0131501011

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The Western Heritage by Donald M. Kagan,Frank M. Turner,Steven Ozment Pdf

This highly visual, brief survey of Western civilization provides an exceptionally balanced survey of the political, social, and cultural development of Western civilization—its strengths and weaknesses, and the controversies surrounding it.From 1650 to the present, this volume provides a broad survey of western civilization.For those interested in a lively account of western heritage.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Catalogs, Union
ISBN : UIUC:30112024896653

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National Union Catalog by Anonim Pdf

Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Author : Allan Stanley Horlick
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9004100547

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Patricians, Professors, and Public Schools by Allan Stanley Horlick Pdf

This is a new interpretation of late nineteenth and early twentieth century educational policy in the United States. Chapter-length studies of leading reformers argue that their reservations about economic growth best explain the changes they promoted.

Author : Z. R. W. M. von Martels
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004101128

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Travel Fact and Travel Fiction by Z. R. W. M. von Martels Pdf

"Travel Fact and Travel Fiction" contains 18 articles by different authors on important examples of travel writing from Classical Antiquity (Herodotus) until the first half of the nineteenth century. Discussed are among others Herodotus, Egeria, Rubruck, Marco Polo, Columbus, Joachim Du Bellay, Busbequius, Gryphius, Goethe and Dickens. Central themes are fiction, literary tradition, scholarly discovery and observation.