Tradition, Modernity, and Postmodernity in Arabic Literature: Essays in Honor of Professor Issa J. Boullata

by Kamal Abdel-Malek (Editor), Wael B. Hallaq (Editor)

The collection of essays contained in this volume is written by a group of prominent scholars of Arabic literature. They explore various manifestations of traditional as well as modern and postmodern themes and techniques in Arabic literature.
This is the first time the tripartite concepts of tradition, modernity, and postmodernity in Arabic literary works are explored and analyzed in one volume. It illustrates very clearly the fact that Arabic literature has kept abreast not only of the primarily modern literary movements in the West - that is amply illustrated by many studies to date - but also of the "postmodern condition".
Scholars in the fields of Arabic literature, Islamic Studies, Comparative Literature, postmodern studies, among others, will find this collection of essays of great interest.

Genres: Islam

416 pages, Leather Bound

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Kamal Abdel-Malek is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University.

Reviews

[Kerimcan Ak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative and detailed work about poets such as Kahlil Gibran, Sahar Khalifeh and Iman Mersal.