The quest for identities : the development of the modern Arabic short story / created by Sabry Hafez.

By:

Hafez Sabry [author]

Material type: Text

TextSAQI, 2007Description: 446 pages: 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780863563638

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PJ7577 HAF

Contents:

The Rythms of change and anxiety The realistic short story Romanticism and the short story Experimentation and modern sensibility

Summary: This long-awaited sequel to the classic, "The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse (Saqi)", investigates a number of crucial questions related to the genre's development. Why did the Arabic short story take certain trajectories and what determined its path? Can the study of this genre provide us with wider insights into the culture as a whole? How have writers in one Arab country influenced those in others? These are just some of the issues addressed through close reading of authors such as Taha Husain, Yusuf Idris, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi, Edwar al-Kharrat and Jamal al-Ghitani, among many others. -- Publisher's web site

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Includes bibliography and index

The Rythms of change and anxiety
The realistic short story
Romanticism and the short story
Experimentation and modern sensibility

This long-awaited sequel to the classic, "The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse (Saqi)", investigates a number of crucial questions related to the genre's development. Why did the Arabic short story take certain trajectories and what determined its path? Can the study of this genre provide us with wider insights into the culture as a whole? How have writers in one Arab country influenced those in others? These are just some of the issues addressed through close reading of authors such as Taha Husain, Yusuf Idris, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi, Edwar al-Kharrat and Jamal al-Ghitani, among many others. -- Publisher's web site

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