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Politics of Nostalgia in the Arabic Novel: Nation-State, Modernity and Tradition

Wen-chin Ouyang
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Description:Uncovers the politics of nostalgia and madness inherent in the Arabic novel.The Arabic novel has taken shape in the intercultural networks of exchange between East and West, past and present. Wen-chin Ouyang shows how this has created a politics of nostalgia which can be traced to discourses on aesthetics, ethics and politics that are relevant to cultural and literary transformations of the Arabic speaking world in the 19th and 20th centuries. She reveals nostalgia and madness as the tropes through which the Arabic novel writes its own history, as a story of grappling with and resisting the hegemony of both the state and cultural heritage.Key Features* Shows madness to be an expression of the anxiety surrounding the Arabic novel's search for form, and Arab intellectuals' disappointment in the nation-state and modernisation* Explores the work of novelists including Naguib Mahfouz, 'Abd al-Khaliq al-Rikabi, Jamal al-Ghitani, Ben Salem Himmich, Ali Mubarak, Adonis, Mahmoud Darwish and Nizar QabbaniKeywords: The Arabic novel; Arabic storytelling; Nation and national history; Identity; Subjectivity; Intertextuality; Nostalgia; Cultural heritage and tradition; Madness; Ideology of madness; Semiotics of tyranny; Naguib Mahfouz/Najib Mahfuz; 'Abd al-Khaliq al-Rikabi; Jamal al-Ghitani/Gamal Ghitany; Ben Salem Himmich; Ali Mubarak; Adonis/Adunis; Mahmoud Darwish; Nizar Qabbani; Biography/autobiography; Historiography.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Politics of Nostalgia in the Arabic Novel: Nation-State, Modernity and Tradition. To get started finding Politics of Nostalgia in the Arabic Novel: Nation-State, Modernity and Tradition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
257
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Release
2013
ISBN
1299105718

Politics of Nostalgia in the Arabic Novel: Nation-State, Modernity and Tradition

Wen-chin Ouyang
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
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Description: Uncovers the politics of nostalgia and madness inherent in the Arabic novel.The Arabic novel has taken shape in the intercultural networks of exchange between East and West, past and present. Wen-chin Ouyang shows how this has created a politics of nostalgia which can be traced to discourses on aesthetics, ethics and politics that are relevant to cultural and literary transformations of the Arabic speaking world in the 19th and 20th centuries. She reveals nostalgia and madness as the tropes through which the Arabic novel writes its own history, as a story of grappling with and resisting the hegemony of both the state and cultural heritage.Key Features* Shows madness to be an expression of the anxiety surrounding the Arabic novel's search for form, and Arab intellectuals' disappointment in the nation-state and modernisation* Explores the work of novelists including Naguib Mahfouz, 'Abd al-Khaliq al-Rikabi, Jamal al-Ghitani, Ben Salem Himmich, Ali Mubarak, Adonis, Mahmoud Darwish and Nizar QabbaniKeywords: The Arabic novel; Arabic storytelling; Nation and national history; Identity; Subjectivity; Intertextuality; Nostalgia; Cultural heritage and tradition; Madness; Ideology of madness; Semiotics of tyranny; Naguib Mahfouz/Najib Mahfuz; 'Abd al-Khaliq al-Rikabi; Jamal al-Ghitani/Gamal Ghitany; Ben Salem Himmich; Ali Mubarak; Adonis/Adunis; Mahmoud Darwish; Nizar Qabbani; Biography/autobiography; Historiography.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Politics of Nostalgia in the Arabic Novel: Nation-State, Modernity and Tradition. To get started finding Politics of Nostalgia in the Arabic Novel: Nation-State, Modernity and Tradition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
257
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Release
2013
ISBN
1299105718

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