Modern Persian Literature in Afghanistan: Anomalous Visions of History and Form

ISBN-13: 9781138780040 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 196 str.

Wali Ahmadi

Opis

This title charts the development of Afghan literature in the modern era, covering both poetry and prose, and relating it to social, economic and political change in that country.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Conundrum of Modernity  1. Beyond "Mist and Pebble": Ordering the Culture of Modernity  2. The Poetics of (National) Truth Content  3. Perilous Ends of History: The Rhetoric of Commitment and the Poetics of Nationalism  4. Literature of Commandement and the Crisis of Commitment  5. De-Centering Dissent.  Epilogue: Contending with History

O autorze

Wali Ahmadi is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.