TY - BOOK AU - Nasser,Tahia Abdel TI - Literary Autobiography and Arab National Struggles T2 - Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature : ESMAL SN - 9781474420228 AV - PJ307 .N377 2017 U1 - 809.9335 PY - 2017///] CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Autobiography KW - Arab authors KW - Middle Eastern literature KW - History and criticism KW - Nationalism in literature KW - Nationalism KW - Arab countries KW - History KW - Islamic Studies KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Series Editor’s Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; A Note on Transliteration and Translation --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction – Literary Solitude: Autobiography, Modernity, and Independence --; 1 From Solitude to Stealth: Taha Hussein and Sonallah Ibrahim --; 2 Revolutionary Memoirs: Assia Djebar and Latifa al-Zayyat --; 3 Palestine Song: Mahmoud Darwish and Mourid Barghouti --; 4 Revolutionary Solitude: Edward Said and Najla Said --; 5 Dreaming of Solitude: Haifa Zangana and Alia Mamdouh --; 6 Tahrir Memoirs: Radwa Ashour and Mona Prince --; Epilogue – Arab Literature, World Literature --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - Examines the effects of colonialism and independence on modern Arab autobiography written in Arabic, English and FrenchIn memoirs, Arab writers have invoked solitude in moments of deep public involvement. Focusing on Taha Hussein, Sonallah Ibrahim, Assia Djebar, Latifa al-Zayyat, Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Edward Said, Haifa Zangana, and Radwa Ashour, this book reads a range of autobiographical forms, sources, and affinities with other literatures.Taking a comparative approach, Nasser shows the local sources of contemporary Arab autobiography, adaptations of a global genre, and cultural exchange. She also examines different aspects of the contemporary autobiography as it has evolved in the Arab world during the past half-century, focusing on the particularity of the genre written in different languages but pertaining to one overarching Arab culture. Drawing on memoirs, testimonies, autobiographical novels, poetic autobiography, journals, and diaries, she examines solitude and national struggles in contemporary Arab autobiography.Key FeaturesTraces the effects of anticolonial and anti-imperialist movements on Arab autobiographical production in Arabic, English, and French in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuriesProvides a new assessment of autobiographical works in Arab literature and a contribution to discussions of postcolonialism and world literatureConsiders the genre’s affinities with other literatures in the global SouthExamines the effects of national movements on contemporary reworkings of the genre in which Arab writers re-envision subjectivity in national cultures and transnational networks UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474471244 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474471244 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474471244/original ER -