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Subject(s)

• Arabic fiction—20th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Narration (Rhetoric)—History—20th century [Browse]
• Postcolonialism—Arab countries [Browse]
• Discourse analysis, Narrative [Browse]
• Postcolonialism in literature [Browse]
• Ambivalence in literature [Browse]

Series

• Studies in Arabic literature ; v. 23. [More in this series]
• Studies in Arabic literature, 0169-9903 ; v. 23 [More in this series]

Summary note

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.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-411) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• 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 MetafictionChapter Ten. Scheherazade's Gifts: Mahfū's Narrative Stategies in Layālī Alf Laylah; In Lieu of Conclusion; Bibliograpphy; Index

ISBN

• 1-280-46678-2
• 9786610466788
• 1-4237-1175-0
• 90-474-0154-9

OCLC

171583118

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