Politics of nostalgia in the Arabic novel : nation-state, modernity and tradition /

The Arabic novel has taken shape in the intercultural networks of exchange between East and West, past and present. Wen-chin Ouyang shows how this has created a politics of nostalgia which can be traced to discourses on aesthetics, ethics and politics that are relevant to cultural and literary trans...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ouyang, Wen-chin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013]
Temas:
1800-1999
Arabic fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Arabic fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Nostalgia in literature.
Arabic fiction > 1801- > History and criticism.
Roman arabe > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman arabe > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Nostalgie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Arabic fiction
Nostalgia in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Nostalgia : politics of the past. 'The invention of tradition'
  • The mysterious (dis)appearance of tradition
  • Part II. Madness : in the ruins of dream and memory. Semiology of madness
  • Semiotics of tyranny
  • Part III. Narrating the nation : time, history, story. History
  • Story
  • Epilogue : post-national impulses.

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