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Sufism in the contemporary arabic novel /
Close readings of 9 contemporary Arab novelists who use Sufism as a literary strategy Sufi characters - saints, dervishes, wanderers - occur regularly in modern Arabic literature. A select group of novelists interrogates Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh Univ Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Close readings of 9 contemporary Arab novelists who use Sufism as a literary strategy Sufi characters - saints, dervishes, wanderers - occur regularly in modern Arabic literature. A select group of novelists interrogates Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Al-Ghitany, Taher Ouettar, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Mahmud Al-Mas'adi and Tayeb Salih we see a strong intertextual relationship with the Sufi masters of the past, including Al-Hallaj, Ibn Arabi, Al-Niffari and Al-Suhrawardi. This relationship interrogates the limits of the creative self, individuality, rationality and all the possibilities offered by literature. In this dialogue with the mystical heritage, these novelists seek a way of preserving a self under siege from the overwhelming forces of oppression and reaction that characterised the late 20th and early 21st centuries. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748655649 0748655646 1299105726 9781299105720 |