Modern Arabic Literature

A Theoretical Framework

AvReuven Snir

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

The study of Arabic literature is blossoming. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to help research this highly prolific and diverse production of contemporary literary texts. Based on the achievements of historical poetics, in particular those of Russian formalism and its theoretical legacy, this framework offers flexible, transparent, and unbiased tools to understand the relevant contexts within the literary system. The aim is to enhance our understanding of Arabic literature, throw light on areas of literary production that traditionally have been neglected, and stimulate others to take up the fascinating challenge of mapping out and exploring them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-11-14
Mått:156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt:625 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:416
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474441254

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Islam inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

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).

Recensioner i media

‘Reuven Snir provides his readers with a wealth of theoretical and applied information that takes in the entire modern tradition of Arabic literary creativity. It is an amazing achievement, well-arranged and comprehensively documented . . . The study demonstrates an enviable knowledge of the relevant theoretical and critical literature in both Western and Arab-world sources . . . I know of no work currently available that aspires to take on a subject this broad, and that does so with such conspicuous success and insight.’

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceTransliterationIntroductionChapter One: The Modern Arabic Literary System1. The Scope of the Research Subject2. Popular Literature and Legitimation3. Assumptions behind the Operative ModelChapter Two: Literary Dynamics in Synchronic Cross-Section1. Canonical Literature1.a. Texts for Adults1.b. Texts for Children1.c. Translated Texts2. Non-Canonical Literature2.a. Texts for Adults2.b. Texts for Children2.c. Translated Texts3. Internal and External InterrelationshipsChapter Three: Outlines of Diachronic Intersystemic Development1. Literature / Religion2. Literature / Territory3. Literature / Language4. Literature / State NationalismChapter Four: Literary Dynamics in Generic and Diachronic Cross-Section1. Periodization2. Classical vis-à-vis Modern Literature3. The Development of the Genres3.a. Poetry3.b. Fiction3.c. Theater4. Generic InterrelationshipsConclusionReferencesIndex