LEADER 03350nam 22007214a 450 001 9910450532703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-46678-2 010 $a9786610466788 010 $a1-4237-1175-0 010 $a90-474-0154-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000032988 035 $a(EBL)253698 035 $a(OCoLC)171583118 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224830 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202529 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224830 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10210623 035 $a(PQKB)11473813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC253698 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL253698 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10090539 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL46678 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000032988 100 $a20021203d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe postcolonial Arabic novel$b[electronic resource] $edebating ambivalence /$fMuhsin Jassim Al-Musawi 210 $aLeiden $aBoston $cBrill$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (447 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Arabic literature,$x0169-9903 ;$vv. 23 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-12586-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [391]-411) and index. 327 $aTABLE OF CONTENTS; Abbreviations and Editorial Notes; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Prefatory Thresholds: Scheherazade Avenged; Chapter One. Postcolonial Matters in Arabic Narrative; Chapter Two. Writing Scheherazade Now: The Growth of Modern Arabic Fiction; Chapter Three. Debating Ambivalence: Socio-Political Engagements; Chapter Four. Arabs and the West: Counternarratives and Narrative Encounters; Chapter Five. Women in Arabic; Chapter Six. A Voice for Dissent: Rogues, Rebels and Saints; Chapter Seven. Site as Narrative; Chapter Eight. Time in Narrative 327 $aChapter Nine. Cultural Contestation and Self-Definition in Arabic MetafictionChapter Ten. Scheherazade's Gifts: Mahfu?'s Narrative Stategies in Laya?li? Alf Laylah; In Lieu of Conclusion; Bibliograpphy; Index 330 $aThis work covers the postcolonial in Arabic fiction. It discusses and questions a large number of novels show cultural diversity in the Arab world. It highlights engagements with postcolonial issues that relate to identity formation, the modern nation-state, individualism, and nationalism. 410 0$aStudies in Arabic literature ;$vv. 23. 606 $aArabic fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPostcolonialism$zArab countries 606 $aDiscourse analysis, Narrative 606 $aPostcolonialism in literature 606 $aAmbivalence in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArabic fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric)$xHistory 615 0$aPostcolonialism 615 0$aDiscourse analysis, Narrative. 615 0$aPostcolonialism in literature. 615 0$aAmbivalence in literature. 676 $a892.7/3609 700 $aMu?sawi?$b Muh?sin Ja?sim$0887346 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450532703321 996 $aThe postcolonial Arabic novel$91982321 997 $aUNINA