Prophetic Translation: The Making of Modern Egyptian Literature

ISBN-13: 9781474407403 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 264 str.

Maya I. Kesrouany

Opis

In this novel and pioneering study Maya I. Kesrouany explores the move from Qur'anic to secular approaches to literature in early 20th-century Egyptian literary translations.

Spis treści

Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Prophetic Tendencies: Egyptian Translators of the Twentieth Century; 1. Translation in Motion: A Survey of Literary Translation in Lebanon and Egypt During the Nah?a; 2. Plagiarised Prophecy in the Romantic Works of al-Manfal???, al-?Aqq?d and al-M?zin?; 3. The Hero at Home: Mu?ammad al-Sib??? and Thomas Carlyle; 4. Tarjama as Debt: The Making of a Secular History of Arabic Literature; Conclusion: The Prophet Today: The Novel in Distress; Bibliography.