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Arabic literary criticism
Arabic novel genre development
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Autumn Quail
Bergson's Influence
Bergson’s Influence
British Camps
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Cairo Trilogy
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Character's Mind
Character’s Mind
Contemporary Egyptian Society
Contemporary Society
cultural identity in literature
Dar Al Islam
Demarcation Line
Denser
dogs
Draws Back
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fleuve
Girl Friend
Heart Of The Night
historical fiction studies
Holy Man
James Baikie
Kalila Wa Dimna
literary form evolution
Mahfouz's Work
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Mahfouz’s Work
Main Characters
midaq
Midaq Alley
modernist novel analysis
Post-realistic Novels
Respected Sir
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Roman Fleuve
socio-political narrative
Taha Husayn
thief
trilogy
Vice Versa
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Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415073950
- Weight: 249g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jun 1993
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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First Published in 2004. Naguib Mahfouz is one of the most important Arabic fiction writers of this century. Born in 1911, his long and prolific writing career represents the evolution of a novel genre in Arabic literature. His books are a record of the tragic tensions attendant on a nations's quest for freedom and modernity. In 1988 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. This book provides a comprehensive study of Mahfouz's achievement. Rasheed El-Enany presents a systemic evaluation of the author's life and environment; local and foreign influences on him; elements of his thought and technique and the evolution of his craft. While each work is discussed individually, emphasis is laid throughout on elements of continuity in his work, whether thematic or aesthetic. In particular, Dr El-Enany challenges the traditional classification of Mahfouz's work into four chronological phases - historical, realist, modernist and indigenous or traditional. It is demonstrated that elements of these forms recur throughout Mahfouz's varied and experimental writings. This book is the story of Mahfouz's struggle to free his novels from the prevalent, predominantly Western moulds and to express his own socio-political thought.
Rasheed El-Enany is Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter.
