Trials of Arab Modernity : Literary Affects and the New Political /

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Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity-which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation-this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by...

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Autor principal: El-Ariss, Tarek (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Arabic literature > History and criticism > 20th century.
Arabic literature > History and criticism > 21st century.
Literature, Experimental > Arab countries > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > Arab countries.
Literary Studies.
Middle Eastern Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern.
Affect Theory.
Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq.
Ahmed Alaidy.
Arab Spring.
Arabic Literature.
Hanan al-Shaykh.
Nahda.
Rifa'a al-Tahtawi.
Tayeb Salih.
Travel Literature.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity-which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation-this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy.In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 p.)
ISBN:9780823252367
9783111189604
9783110707298
Acceso:restricted access

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