Trials of Arab Modernity : Literary Affects and the New Political /

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Challenging prevalent conceptualisations of modernity, this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: El-Ariss, Tarek (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Moderne
Literatur
Arabisch
Modernism (Literature)
Literature, Experimental.
Arabic literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Middle Eastern.
Modernisme (Litterature) > États arabes.
Litterature experimentale > États arabes > Histoire et critique.
Litterature arabe > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature arabe > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Modernism (Literature) > Arab countries.
Literature, Experimental > Arab countries > History and criticism.
Arabic literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Arabic literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Arab countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : debating modernity
  • Fantasy of the imam
  • Aversion to civilization
  • Staging the colonial encounter
  • Majnun strikes back
  • Hacking the modern
  • Conclusion : writing the new political.

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