Contemporary Arab Fiction: Innovation from Rama to Yalu

ISBN-13: 9780415599375 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 180 str.

Fabio Caiani;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. This title examines the work of the Moroccan Muhammad Barrada; the Egyptian Idwar al-Kharrat; and, the Lebanese Ilyas Khuri and the Iraqi Fu'ad al-Takarli.

Recenzje

"The author extensively uses the multi-faceted experience of both European and Arab scholars, avoiding eclecticism and ‘simplistic and over-generalized conclusions’ (p. 15)... Caiani’s study is based on a close textual analysis of the novels that are indicative of the diversity of artistic searches in recent decades, and most of the works analysed by the author are known to a wide western audience through their translation. His monograph not only exposes the formal innovations of the novels by Barrada, al-Kharrat, Khurı and al-Takarlı, but also reveals the mechanisms of their creativity. In the last analysis they are connected to problems that offer a perspective for further investigations in the fields of theory and history of Arabic literature." - Baian Rayhanova; Middle Eastern Literatures, 14:2, 213-215 (2011).

Spis treści

Introduction: On Literary Innovation (Part 1)  1. Fragmentation  2. Polyphony  3. Intertextuality  4. Metafiction.  Conclusion: On Literary Innovation (Part 2)

O autorze

Fabio Caiani teaches Arabic in the Department of Arabic and Middle East Studies at the University of St. Andrews, UK