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Modern Arabic Literature / Paul Starkey.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEISPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748612918
  • 9780748627240
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 892.709/005 22
LOC classification:
  • PJ7538 .S73 2006eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on abbreviations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction: what is Modern Arabic literature? -- 1 The background -- 2 The revival -- 3 Neo-classical poetry -- 4 Romanticism in Arabic poetry -- 5 Poetry: the Modernists -- 6 Prose literature: early developments -- 7 Prose literature: the period of maturity -- 8 The sixties generation and beyond -- 9 Drama: early experiments -- 10 Drama: the period of maturity -- 11 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748612901');This book provides a succinct introduction to modern Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Designed primarily as an introductory textbook for English-speaking undergraduates, it will also be of interest to a more general readership interested in the contemporary Middle East or in comparative and modern literature. The work attempts to situate the development of modern Arabic literature in the context of the medieval Arabic literary tradition as well as the new literary forms derived from the West, exploring the interaction between social, political and cultural change in the Middle East and the development of a modern Arabic literary tradition. Poetry, prose writing and the theatre are discussed in separate chapters. The work overall aims to give a balanced account of the subject, reflecting the different pace of literary development in diverse parts of the Arab world, including North Africa.Key FeaturesA concise introduction to a field that deserves to be better known in the WestClear presentation, based on extensive classroom experience of teaching the subjectGuidance on other sources of further informationExtensive bibliography, with list of works in English translation"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748627240

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on abbreviations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction: what is Modern Arabic literature? -- 1 The background -- 2 The revival -- 3 Neo-classical poetry -- 4 Romanticism in Arabic poetry -- 5 Poetry: the Modernists -- 6 Prose literature: early developments -- 7 Prose literature: the period of maturity -- 8 The sixties generation and beyond -- 9 Drama: early experiments -- 10 Drama: the period of maturity -- 11 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748612901');This book provides a succinct introduction to modern Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Designed primarily as an introductory textbook for English-speaking undergraduates, it will also be of interest to a more general readership interested in the contemporary Middle East or in comparative and modern literature. The work attempts to situate the development of modern Arabic literature in the context of the medieval Arabic literary tradition as well as the new literary forms derived from the West, exploring the interaction between social, political and cultural change in the Middle East and the development of a modern Arabic literary tradition. Poetry, prose writing and the theatre are discussed in separate chapters. The work overall aims to give a balanced account of the subject, reflecting the different pace of literary development in diverse parts of the Arab world, including North Africa.Key FeaturesA concise introduction to a field that deserves to be better known in the WestClear presentation, based on extensive classroom experience of teaching the subjectGuidance on other sources of further informationExtensive bibliography, with list of works in English translation"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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