Trials of Arab Modernity : Literary Affects and the New Political /
El-Ariss, Tarek
Trials of Arab Modernity : Literary Affects and the New Political / Tarek El-Ariss. - 1 online resource (248 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fantasy of the Imam -- 3. Aversion to Civilization -- 4. Staging the Colonial Encounter -- 5. Majnun Strikes Back -- 6. Hacking the Modern -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity—which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation—this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa’a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy.In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780823251711 9780823252367
10.1515/9780823252367 doi
Arabic literature--History and criticism--20th century.
Arabic literature--History and criticism--21st century.
Literature, Experimental--History and criticism.--Arab countries
Modernism (Literature)--Arab countries.
Literary Studies.
Middle Eastern Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern.
Affect Theory. Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq. Ahmed Alaidy. Arab Spring. Arabic Literature. Hanan al-Shaykh. Nahda. Rifa'a al-Tahtawi. Tayeb Salih. Travel Literature.
892.709006
Trials of Arab Modernity : Literary Affects and the New Political / Tarek El-Ariss. - 1 online resource (248 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fantasy of the Imam -- 3. Aversion to Civilization -- 4. Staging the Colonial Encounter -- 5. Majnun Strikes Back -- 6. Hacking the Modern -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity—which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation—this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa’a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy.In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780823251711 9780823252367
10.1515/9780823252367 doi
Arabic literature--History and criticism--20th century.
Arabic literature--History and criticism--21st century.
Literature, Experimental--History and criticism.--Arab countries
Modernism (Literature)--Arab countries.
Literary Studies.
Middle Eastern Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern.
Affect Theory. Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq. Ahmed Alaidy. Arab Spring. Arabic Literature. Hanan al-Shaykh. Nahda. Rifa'a al-Tahtawi. Tayeb Salih. Travel Literature.
892.709006