UID:
almahu_9948022224902882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 571 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511519659 (ebook)
Series Statement:
The Cambridge history of Arabic literature
Content:
This volume of the Cambridge History of Arabic Literature provides an authoritative, comprehensive critical survey of creative writing in Arabic from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. With the spread of secular education, printing and journalism, a new reading public emerged. Against the background of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, the rise of nationalism, and the conflict between Islam and increasing Westernization, the traditional conception of literature as a display of verbal skill was replaced by the view that literature should reflect and indeed change social and political reality. A significant translation movement resulted in the borrowing of Western ideas and literary forms: the novel, the short story and drama. This book examines the attempts made by Arab men and women to adapt the new imported forms as well as the indigenous literary tradition to meet the requirements of the modern world. Quoted material is given in English translation, and there is an extensive bibliography.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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The background /
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Translations and adaptations 1834-1914 /
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The Neo-classical Arabic poets /
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The Romantic poets /
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Modernist poetry in Arabic /
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The beginnings of the Arabic novel /
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The mature Arabic novel outside Egypt /
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The Egyptian novel from Zaynab to 1980 /
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The modern Arabic short story /
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Arabic drama : early developments /
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Arabic drama since the thirties /
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The prose stylists /
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The critics /
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Arab women writers /
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Poetry in the vernacular /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521331975
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521331975
