Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives
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analysis
Arab world
Arabic
Assia Djebar
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B01=Angelika Neuwirth
B01=Barbara Winckler
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comparative literature
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contemporary
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critical framework
cross-cultural
cultural
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dialogue
East
Elias Khoury
English
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exploration
feminism
French
gender
general readers
Hebrew
Hoda Barakat
identity
intellectual
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Mahmoud Darwish
memory
modernism
narrative
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perspectives
place
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Rabih Alameddine
reading
reflection
softlaunch
storytelling
students
Tahar Ben Jelloun
traditions
transformation
West
world literature
Product details
- ISBN 9780863566943
- Weight: 663g
- Dimensions: 155 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 08 Apr 2010
- Publisher: Saqi Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives introduces the work of twenty-nine pivotal authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French and Hebrew. Organised around the central themes of memory, place and gender, each of which is discussed in an introductory essay, the volume provides a critical framework for Arab writing, locating it alongside contemporary world literature. The contributors maintain that Arabic literature reflects the Western postmodern condition without denying its own traditions. As such, Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives paves the way for an important cultural dialogue between East and West. This collection is ideal for students of Arabic and comparative literature and equally of interest to general readers. Authors covered include Rabih Alameddine, Hoda Barakat, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mahmoud Darwish, Assia Djebar and Elias Khoury. It provides an extensive list of further reading to complement the work.
Angelika Neuwirth is Chair of Arabic Studies at the Free University of Berlin and co-director of the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin. Andreas Pflitsch is a Research Fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches Arabic Studies at the University of Bamberg and the Free University of Berlin. Barbara Winckler is a Research Fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches Modern Arabic Literature at the Free University of Berlin.
