Arab culture and the novel : genre, identity and agency in Egyptian fiction /

This book explores the complex relationship between the novel and identity in modern Arab culture against a backdrop of contemporary Egypt. It uses the example of the Egyptian novel to interrogate the root causes - religious, social, political, and psychological - of the lingering identity crisis th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Siddiq, Muhammad
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Colección:Routledge studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; 16.
Temas:
Arabic fiction > Egypt > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Egypt.
Arabic fiction > Social aspects > Egypt.
Roman arabe > Égypte > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Égypte.
Roman arabe > Aspect social > Égypte.
Roman égyptien moderne (arabe) > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Arabic fiction
Arabic fiction > Social aspects
Literature and society
Egypt
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A genre at war: literary form and historical agency
  • 2. Tangents of identity: the poetics of space in the Egyptian novel
  • 3. Divining identities: religion and the Egyptian novel
  • 4. Questionable subjects: individuality, representation, and the novel.

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