The postcolonial Arabic novel : debating ambivalence / / Muhsin Jassim Al-Musawi

• Autore: Mūsawī Muḥsin Jāsim
• Pubblicazione: Leiden : ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 430 pages)
• Disciplina: 892.7/3609
• Soggetto topico: Arabic fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Narration (Rhetoric) - History - 20th century; Postcolonialism - Arab countries; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Postcolonialism in literature; Ambivalence in literature
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-411) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE 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; Chapter Nine. Cultural Contestation and Self-Definition in Arabic Metafiction; Chapter Ten. Scheherazade's Gifts: Mahfū's Narrative Stategies in Layālī Alf Laylah; In Lieu of Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The postcolonial Arabic novel
• ISBN: 1-280-46678-2; 9786610466788; 1-4237-1175-0; 90-474-0154-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783490403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in Arabic literature ; ; 23.