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Studies in the Short Fiction of Mahfouz and Idris.
In this comparative approach to the works of two major contemporary Egyptian writers, Mona Mikhail identifies existentialism as a major force in their work. Her close examination of the images and metaphors that recur in the short fiction of those two writers shows strong affinities with the works o...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
1992.
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| Collection: | New York University studies in Near Eastern civilization.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ARABIC SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION; CHAPTER 1 A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARABIC SHORT STORY; CHAPTER 2 NAGUIB MAHFOUZ: THE MAN AND HIS ART; BIOGRAPHY; A BRIEF SURVEY OF MAHFOUZ'S WORKS; THE CAIRO TRILOGY; NEO-REALISM AND MAHFOUZ'S PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES; MAHFOUZ AND GHALI SHUKRI'S AL-MUNTAMI; MAHFOUZ'S PHILOSOPHY AND PLACE AMONG WORLD LITERATURES; CHAPTER 3 AN INTERPRETATION OF THE IMAGE AND METAPHOR OF DEATH: A RECURRENT EXISTENTIAL MOTIF IN THE STORIES OF HEMINGWAY, IDRIS, MAHFOUZ AND CAMUS.
- YUSUF IDRISEXISTENTIALISM AND ARAB THOUGHT; HEMINGWAY, IDRIS, MAHFOUZ AND CAMUS AT THE CROSSROADS OF EXISTENTIALISM; ANALYSIS OF THE TREATMENT OF DEATH IN SELECTED SHORT STORIES; THE SEARCH FOR THE AUTHENTIC SELF; LIFE AGAINST DEATH--A PASSION FOR LIFE; UNQUALIFIED DEATH AS THE ULTIMATE ABSURDITY; CHAPTER 4 BROKEN IDOLS OR THE DEMISE OF ABSTRACTIONS; THE REBEL WITH A CAUSE: REVOLT IN THE NAME OF MAN; A SUFI APPROACH TO EXISTENTIALISM; NIHILISM AND THE NADA CONCEPT IN THE WORK OF MAHFOUZ AND HEMINGWAY; FOLKTALE: TECHNIQUE AND THEME; CHAPTER 5 EROS AND THE QUEST FOR HAPPINESS.
- BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: LOVE AND INITIATION IN THE STORIES OF IDRIS AND MAHFOUZTHE CITY AS METAPHOR: LOSS AND ALIENATION; THE IMAGE OF WOMAN AND THE SEARCH FOR A NEW IDENTITY; NO MAN IS AN ISLAND UNTO HIMSELF--THE "OTHER" AND THE NEED FOR SELF DEFINITION; LOVE AGAINST LONELINESS: AN EXISTENTIAL ASSERTION OF LIFE; HOUSE OF FLESH: AN EXTREME INDICTMENT OF HUMAN WANT; A COMPROMISE ON THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS; CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.