Conspiracy in Modern Egyptian Literature

ISBN-13: 9781474417440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 248 str.

Benjamin Koerber

Opis

This book examines the diverse uses of conspiracy theory in Egyptian fiction since the early twentieth century. Read against the historical and intertextual backgrounds of individual authors and their works, conspiracy theory emerges not as a single, rigid ideology, but as a style of writing that is equal parts literary and political.

Spis treści

Note on Transliteration and Translation; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Dramaturgies of Conspiracy: Bakathir, Idris, and the July Regime; 2. Naguib Surur: The Poetics and Politics of Niy?ka; 3. Sonallah Ibrahim’s al-Lajna: Between Critical Theory and Conspiracy Theory; 4. Gamal al-Ghitani’s ?ik?y?t al-Khab??a: The Fitna of Sexual Deviance; 5. Paranoia in the Second Degree: Three Recent Novels; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index