Palestinian and Arab-Jewish Cultures

Language, Literature, and Identity

AvReuven Snir

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Studies Arabic literary production from the point of view of commitment and hybridization and the interactions between themDiscusses the role of the 1948 Nakba in shaping Palestinian culture and literaturePresents the contribution of Ma?m?d Darw?sh in the process of Palestinian nation-buildingSheds light on the emergence of Palestinian theatrical movementProvocatively rereads the history of Jewish involvement in Arabic literatureLaments the demise of Arab-Jewish culture following the clash between Zionism and Arab national movementPart of a two-volume set, this volume examines the issues of commitment and hybridization in Arabic literature concentrating on Palestinian literature and Arab-Jewish culture and the interactions between them. Reuvin Snir studies the contribution of Palestinian literature and theatre to Palestinian nation-building, especially since the 1948 Nakba. Becoming an essential part of the vocabulary of Arab intellectuals and writers, since the 1950s commitment (iltiz?m) has been employed to indicate the necessity for a writer to convey a message rather than merely create an imaginative work for its own sake. As for hybridization, the author focuses on the role Jews have played in Arabic literature against the backdrop of their contribution to this literature since the pre-Islamic period, and in light of the gradual demise of Arab-Jewish culture in recent years. The blending of elements from different cultures is one of the major phenomena in Arabic literature, certainly in light of its relationship with Islam and its cultural heritage, which has been extending during the last one-and-half millennia.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-21
Mått:156 x 234 x 35 mm
Vikt:840 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781399503211

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Reuven Snir is Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Haifa. His most recent books in English include Arab-Jewish Literature: The Birth and Demise of the Arabic Short Story (Brill, 2019), Modern Arabic Literature: A Theoretical Framework (EUP, 2017), Baghdad ― The City in Verse (Harvard University Press, 2013) and Who Needs Arab-Jewish Identity? (Brill, 2015).

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Apart from the author’s possessing an undisputable in-depth knowledge of the subjects discussed, the most interesting thing with this work is the new perspectives that are being presented. This is achieved by the writer’s method of putting the subjects against the backdrop of different angles. The method of looking at the subjects against the different axes has its own original place and it gives its own contribution to a deeper understanding of Arabic literature.

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Preface AcknowledgmentsTechnical NotesNotes on Transliteration Introduction PART I OCCUPATION, DOMINATION, AND COMMITMENT1. Performance: In the Service of the Nation Introduction First Attempts Uprooting Professionalization Conclusion 2. Commitment: Verse Drama and Resistance Introduction Political Theater “Ladder of Hunger” Apocalypticism Conclusion 3. Chronicle: The Ongoing Nakba Introduction “I Am the Last Arabs’ Sigh” “Oh, Father, I Am Joseph” “Will Homer be Born after Us?” Conclusion 4. Bilingualism: Palestinians in Hebrew Introduction Reterritorialization “I Melt out of Love” “Hebrew, Arabic, and Death” Conclusion PART II HYBRIDIZATION, EXCLUSION, AND DEMISE5. Pluralism: Arabs of Mosaic Faith Introduction Historical Background “A Carbon Copy of Ibn al-Balad” “We Are Arabs before We Are Jews” Conclusion 6. Spring: “We Were Like Those Who Dream” Introduction “In the World of Light” “Till Spring Comes” The Shift to Hebrew Conclusion 7. Demise: The Last of the Mohicans Introduction Existentialist Sensibility Mystical and Metaphysical Motifs “Iraq’s Days” Conclusion 8. Identity: Inessential Solidarities Introduction Narrativization of the Self Interpellation and Exclusion Globalization Conclusion Epilogue: “Trailed Travellers”: Between Fiction, Meta>Fiction, and History References Index