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Contemporary Arab Fiction

Fabio Caiani
Contemporary Arab Fiction Book PDF

Author : Fabio Caiani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781134121694

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This book introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. Despite their contribution to the development of contemporary Arabic fiction, these authors remain largely unknown to non-Arab readers. Fabio Caiani examines the work of the Moroccan Muhammad Barrada; the Egyptian Idwar al-Kharrat; the Lebanese Ilyas Khuri and the Iraqi Fu’ad al-Takarli. Their most significant novels were published between 1979 and 2002, a period during which their work reached literary maturity. They all represent pioneering literary trends compared to the novelistic form canonized in the influential early works of Naguib Mahfouz. Until now, some of their most innovative works have not been analyzed in detail – this book fills that gap. Relying on literary theory and referring to comparative examples from other literatures, this study places its findings within a wider framework, defining what is meant by innovation in the Arabic novel, and the particular socio-political context in which it appears. This book will significantly enrich the existing critical literature in English on the contemporary Arabic novel.

Modern Arabic Fiction

Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Modern Arabic Fiction Book PDF

Author : Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0231132557

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Modern Arabic Fiction by Salma Khadra Jayyusi Pdf

Home to the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx was at one time a haven for upwardly mobile second-generation immigrants eager to leave the crowded tenements of Manhattan in pursuit of the American dream. Once hailed as a "wonder borough" of beautiful homes, parks, and universities, the Bronx became -- during the 1960s and 1970s -- a national symbol of urban deterioration. Thriving neighborhoods that had long been home to generations of families dissolved under waves of arson, crime, and housing abandonment, turning blocks of apartment buildings into gutted, graffiti-covered shells and empty, trash-filled lots. In this revealing history of the Bronx, Evelyn Gonzalez describes how the once-infamous New York City borough underwent one of the most successful and inspiring community revivals in American history. From its earliest beginnings as a loose cluster of commuter villages to its current status as a densely populated home for New York's growing and increasingly more diverse African American and Hispanic populations, this book shows how the Bronx interacted with and was affected by the rest of New York City as it grew from a small colony on the tip of Manhattan into a sprawling metropolis. This is the story of the clattering of elevated subways and the cacophony of crowded neighborhoods, the heady optimism of industrial progress and the despair of economic recession, and the vibrancy of ethnic cultures and the resilience of local grassroots coalitions crucial to the borough's rejuvenation. In recounting the varied and extreme transformations this remarkable community has undergone, Evelyn Gonzalez argues that it was not racial discrimination, rampant crime, postwar liberalism, or big government that was to blame for the urban crisis that assailed the Bronx during the late 1960s. Rather, the decline was inextricably connected to the same kinds of social initiatives, economic transactions, political decisions, and simple human choices that had once been central to the development and vitality of the borough. Although the history of the Bronx is unquestionably a success story, crime, poverty, and substandard housing still afflict the community today. Yet the process of building and rebuilding carries on, and the revitalization of neighborhoods and a resurgence of economic growth continue to offer hope for the future.

Contemporary Arab Fiction

Fabio Caiani
Contemporary Arab Fiction Book PDF

Author : Fabio Caiani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781134121700

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Contemporary Arab Fiction by Fabio Caiani Pdf

This book introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. Relying on literary theory and referring to comparative examples from other literatures, this study places its findings within a wider framework, defining what is meant by innovation in the Arabic novel, and the particular socio-political context in which it appears.

Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel

Ziad Elmarsafy
Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel Book PDF

Author : Ziad Elmarsafy
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780748655663

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Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel by Ziad Elmarsafy Pdf

This book will present close readings of three contemporary Arabic novelists - an Egyptian (Gamal Al-Ghitany), an Algerian (Taher Ouettar) and a Touareg Libyan (Ibrahim Al-Koni) - who have all turned to Sufism as a literary strategy aimed at negotiating i

Contemporary Arab-American Literature

Carol Fadda-Conrey
Contemporary Arab American Literature Book PDF

Author : Carol Fadda-Conrey
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781479826926

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Contemporary Arab-American Literature by Carol Fadda-Conrey Pdf

The last couple of decades have witnessed a flourishing of Arab-American literature across multiple genres. Yet, increased interest in this literature is ironically paralleled by a prevalent bias against Arabs and Muslims that portrays their long presence in the US as a recent and unwelcome phenomenon. Spanning the 1990s to the present, Carol Fadda-Conrey takes in the sweep of literary and cultural texts by Arab-American writers in order to understand the ways in which their depictions of Arab homelands, whether actual or imagined, play a crucial role in shaping cultural articulations of US citizenship and belonging. By asserting themselves within a US framework while maintaining connections to their homelands, Arab-Americans contest the blanket representations of themselves as dictated by the US nation-state. Deploying a multidisciplinary framework at the intersection of Middle-Eastern studies, US ethnic studies, and diaspora studies, Fadda-Conrey argues for a transnational discourse that overturns the often rigid affiliations embedded in ethnic labels. Tracing the shifts in transnational perspectives, from the founders of Arab-American literature, like Gibran Kahlil Gibran and Ameen Rihani, to modern writers such as Naomi Shihab Nye, Joseph Geha, Randa Jarrar, and Suheir Hammad, Fadda-Conrey finds that contemporary Arab-American writers depict strong yet complex attachments to the US landscape. She explores how the idea of home is negotiated between immigrant parents and subsequent generations, alongside analyses of texts that work toward fostering more nuanced understandings of Arab and Muslim identities in the wake of post-9/11 anti-Arab sentiments.

Modern Arab American Fiction

Steven Salaita
Modern Arab American Fiction Book PDF

Author : Steven Salaita
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780815651048

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Modern Arab American Fiction by Steven Salaita Pdf

Within the spectrum of American literary traditions, Arab American literature is relatively new. Writing produced by Americans of Arab origin is mainly a product of the twentieth century and only started to flourish in the past thirty years. While this young but thriving literature varies widely in content and style, it emerges from a common community and within a specific historical, political, and cultural context. In Modern Arab American Fiction, Salaita maps out the landscape of this genre as he details rather than defines the last century of Arab American fiction. Exploring the works of such best-selling authors as Rabih Alameddine, Mohja Kahf, Laila Halaby, Diana Abu-Jaber, Alicia Erian, and Randa Jarrar, Salaita highlights the development of each author’s writing and how each has influenced Arab American fiction. He examines common themes including the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Lebanese Civil War of 1975–90, the representation and practice of Islam in the United States, social issues such as gender and national identity in Arab cultures, and the various identities that come with being Arab American. Combining the accessibility of a primer with in-depth critical analysis, Modern Arab American Fiction is suitable for a broad audience, those unfamiliar with the subject area, as well as scholars of the literature.

Poetics of Visibility in the Contemporary Arab American Novel

Mazen Naous
Poetics of Visibility in the Contemporary Arab American Novel Book PDF

Author : Mazen Naous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0814214290

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Poetics of Visibility in the Contemporary Arab American Novel by Mazen Naous Pdf

Redefines dominant perceptions of Arab Americans via an aesthetic analysis of Arab American novels, launching transcultural possibilities by initiating visibility through poetics.

Modern Arabic Literature

Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī
Modern Arabic Literature Book PDF

Author : Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521331978

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Modern Arabic Literature by Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī Pdf

This volume provides an authoritative survey of creative writing in Arabic from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.

Tradition, Modernity, and Postmodernity in Arabic Literature

Issa J. Boullata,Kamal Abdel-Malek,Wael B. Hallaq
Tradition Modernity and Postmodernity in Arabic Literature Book PDF

Author : Issa J. Boullata,Kamal Abdel-Malek,Wael B. Hallaq
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004117636

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Tradition, Modernity, and Postmodernity in Arabic Literature by Issa J. Boullata,Kamal Abdel-Malek,Wael B. Hallaq Pdf

In this collection of essays, various manifestations of traditional as well as modern and postmodern themes and techniques in Arabic literature are explored. For the first time the tripartite concepts of tradition, modernity, and postmodernity in Arabic literary works are analyzed in one volume.

Dinarzad's Children

Pauline Kaldas,Khaled Mattawa
Dinarzad s Children Book PDF

Author : Pauline Kaldas,Khaled Mattawa
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1557289123

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Dinarzad's Children by Pauline Kaldas,Khaled Mattawa Pdf

The first edition of Dinarzad’s Children was a groundbreaking and popular anthology that brought to light the growing body of short fiction being written by Arab Americans. This expanded edition includes sixteen new stories —thirty in all—and new voices and is now organized into sections that invite readers to enter the stories from a variety of directions. Here are stories that reveal the initial adjustments of immigrants, the challenges of forming relationships, the political nuances of being Arab American, the vision directed towards homeland, and the ongoing search for balance and identity. The contributors are D. H. Melhem, Mohja Khaf, Rabih Alameddine, Rawi Hage, Laila Halaby, Patricia Sarrafian Ward, Alia Yunis, Diana Abu Jaber, Susan Muaddi Darraj, Samia Serageldin, Alia Yunis, Joseph Geha, May Monsoor Munn, Frances Khirallah Nobel, Nabeel Abraham, Yussef El Guindi, Hedy Habra, Randa Jarrar, Zahie El Kouri, Amal Masri, Sahar Mustafah, Evelyn Shakir, David Williams, Pauline Kaldas, and Khaled Mattawa.

Modern Arabic Literature

Paul Starkey
Modern Arabic Literature Book PDF

Author : Paul Starkey
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748696536

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Modern Arabic Literature by Paul Starkey Pdf

An introduction to Modern Arabic Literature, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present

A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary Arabic Fiction

Laila Familiar
A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary Arabic Fiction Book PDF

Author : Laila Familiar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780429956126

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A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary Arabic Fiction by Laila Familiar Pdf

A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary Arabic Fiction provides a list of the top 2,000 words occurring in contemporary Arabic fiction. Based on a written corpus that contains 144 literary samples, the dictionary addresses key areas of Arabic language learning and teaching, including lexical frequency, reading skills, and Arabic literature. Each entry in the main frequency index includes a sample sentence, English translation, and frequency indicator, and alphabetical and part-of-speech indexes are provided for ease of use. The dictionary also contains 19 thematically organized and frequency-ranked lists of words on a variety of topics, such as food, places, emotions, and nature. Engaging and highly useful, this Frequency Dictionary is a valuable resource for students and instructors working in the area of TAFL, and for applied linguists interested in Arabic corpus linguistics.

Arabian Jazz

Diana Abu-Jaber
Arabian Jazz Book PDF

Author : Diana Abu-Jaber
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393324222

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Arabian Jazz by Diana Abu-Jaber Pdf

Balances are struck in this luminous first novel-between two radically distinct cultures, between obligation and self-will, between past and future, between hilarity and heartbreak-as the Jordanian family of Matussem Ramoud settles in a small, poor-white community in upstate New York.

The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction

Denys Johnson-Davies
The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction Book PDF

Author : Denys Johnson-Davies
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307481481

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The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction by Denys Johnson-Davies Pdf

This dazzling anthology features the work of seventy-nine outstanding writers from all over the Arab-speaking world, from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east, Syria in the north to Sudan in the south. Edited by Denys Johnson-Davies, called by Edward Said “the leading Arabic-to-English translator of our time,” this treasury of Arab voices is diverse in styles and concerns, but united by a common language. It spans the full history of modern Arabic literature, from its roots in western cultural influence at the end of the nineteenth century to the present-day flowering of Naguib Mahfouz’s literary sons and daughters. Among the Egyptian writers who laid the foundation for the Arabic literary renaissance are the great Tawfik al-Hakim; the short story pioneer Mahmoud Teymour; and Yusuf Idris, who embraced Egypt’s vibrant spoken vernacular. An excerpt from the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih’s novel Season of Migration to the North, one of the Arab world’s finest, appears alongside the Libyan writer Ibrahim al-Koni’s tales of the Tuaregs of North Africa, the Iraqi writer Mohamed Khudayir’s masterly story “Clocks Like Horses,” and the work of such women writers as Lebanon’s Hanan al-Shaykh and Morocco’s Leila Abouzeid.

The Experimental Arabic Novel

Stefan G. Meyer
The Experimental Arabic Novel Book PDF

Author : Stefan G. Meyer
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0791447340

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The Experimental Arabic Novel by Stefan G. Meyer Pdf

Traces the development of the modern Arabic novel from the 1960s to the present.