Nationalism, Islam and World Literature: Sites of Confluence in the Writings of Mahmud Al-Mas'adi

ISBN-13: 9780415597067 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 194 str.

Mohamed-Salah Omri;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

An examination of the writer and politician Mahmud al-Mis'adi, a figure of prime importance in the development of North African literature and cultural politics, this book covers both his essays and fiction, written between the 1930s and 1990s. It also examines Arabic literature and its relationship to the West.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Colonial Predicament and the Burden of Representation  2. The Allure of Tur’th  3. The Appeal of the Sublime: Tragedy and the Qur’an  4. The Call of the Beyond: Sufism as Poetics and Worldview.  Conclusion

O autorze

Mohamed-Saleh Omri is director of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies and lecturer in Arabic language and literature at the Institute of Arab and Islamic studies, University of Exeter.