Arab American novels post-9/11 : classical storytelling motifs against outsidership /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sawires-Masseli, Marie-Christin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2018.
Colección:American studies (Munich, Germany) ; v. 293.
Temas:
2000-2099
American fiction > Arab American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.
Littérature américaine > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
American fiction > Arab American authors.
American literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Titel
  • Imprint
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Storytelling in Rabih Alameddine's „The Hakawati"
  • 2.1 Summary of the novel
  • 2.2 Metafictional Comments on Storytelling
  • 2.3 Religion and good vs. evil in the different narrative strands
  • 2.3.1 King Kade, the army of light, and their fight against color
  • 2.3.2 Afreet-Jehanam's story on hell and paradise
  • 2.3.3 The prophet Shams and the color tyranny
  • 2.3.4 A holy birth and the cult
  • 2.3.5 Religious references in the Baybars story
  • 2.3.6 Religious charades in Osama's family
  • 2.3.7 Conclusive remarks on religion and storytelling
  • 2.4 Homosexuality in the different narrative strands
  • 2.4.1 Homosexuality in the frame narrative
  • 2.4.2 Homosexuality in the Fatima strand
  • 2.5 Women doubles in the different narrative strands
  • 2.6 Recurring motifs and entwined narrative strands
  • 2.7 Music as a core expression of cultural identity
  • 2.8 Conclusion to „The Hakawati"
  • 3 Storytelling in Diana Abu-Jaber's „Crescent"
  • 3.1 A short summary of the novel's plot
  • 3.2 Storytelling principles, the fable and its implications
  • 3.2.1 Summary of the fable
  • 3.2.2 Shifting identities and misleading assumptions in the fable
  • 3.2.3 Arabness in the fable
  • 3.2.4 The fable's purpose and implications for the novel as a whole
  • 3.2.5 Han and Abdelrahman as alter egos
  • 3.2.6 Other interfaces between frame narrative and fable
  • 3.3 Arab Women in „Crescent"
  • 3.4 Religion in „Crescent"
  • 3.5 Immigrants in America
  • outsidership or integration?
  • 3.5.1 Arabs in the United States
  • 3.5.2 Arab Americans and other immigrant groups in „Crescent"
  • 3.6 The Image of America in „Crescent"
  • 3.7 Conclusion to „Crescent"
  • 4 Storytelling in Laila Halaby's „Once in A Promised Land"
  • 4.1 Summary of the novel.
  • 4.2 Storytelling principles in the novel's frame
  • 4.2.1 The frame's first part: "Before"
  • 4.2.2 The frame's second part: "After"
  • 4.3 The fairy tale of Nus Nsays
  • 4.4 American and Arab culture in the main narrative
  • 4.4.1 The portrait of America
  • 4.4.2 The image of Arabs in „Once in a Promised Land"
  • 4.4.3 Outsiders in America
  • the end of the American Dream
  • 4.5 Conclusion to Once In A Promised Land
  • 5 Storytelling in Alia Yunis' „The Night Counter"
  • 5.1 Summary of the novel
  • 5.2 Scheherazade as motif and structuring element
  • 5.3 Metafictional comments on storytelling
  • 5.4 The function of humor in „The Night Counter"
  • 5.4.1 Humor and fate
  • 5.4.2 Humor and religion
  • 5.5 Women in The Night Counter
  • 5.6 Arabs and America in The Night Counter: the established and the outsiders
  • 5.6.1 The Abdullah family as outsiders in the USA: double-consciousness and assimilation
  • 5.6.1.1 Nadia: ascension and group cohesion
  • 5.6.1.2 Bassam: self-loathing and anomic condition
  • 5.6.1.3 Randa: assimilation to annihilation
  • 5.6.2 September 11 and its repercussions
  • 5.6.2.1 September 11 and its effect on Arab outsiders
  • 5.6.2.2 September 11 and the established's reactions
  • 5.6.3 Different outsider groups and identity in „The Night Counter"
  • 5.7 Conclusion to „The Night Counter"
  • 6. Arab American storytelling after 9/11: entering public discourse
  • Works Cited
  • Backcover.

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