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Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives
"The coverage of the region is admirable in terms of both geographical spread and literary genre. . . . This collection of articles, carefully grouped around specific themes and the authors who invoke them, is an important contribution to the study of modern Arabic literature."—Professor Roger Allen
Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives introduces the work of twenty-nine pivotal authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French, and Hebrew.
Organized around the central themes of memory, place, and gender, each of which is discussed in an introductory essay, the volume provides a critical framework for Arab writing, locating it alongside contemporary world literature.
The contributors maintain that Arabic literature reflects the Western postmodern condition without denying its own traditions. As such, Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives paves the way for an important cultural dialogue between East and West.
Authors covered include Adonis, Rabih Alameddine, Hoda Barakat, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mahmoud Darwish, Assia Djebar, and Elias Khoury.
Angelika Neuwirth is chair of Arabic studies at the Free University of Berlin.
Andreas Pflitsch is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches Arabic studies at the University of Bamberg and the Free University of Berlin.
Barbara Winckler is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches modern Arabic literature at the Free University of Berlin.
Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives introduces the work of twenty-nine pivotal authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French, and Hebrew.
Organized around the central themes of memory, place, and gender, each of which is discussed in an introductory essay, the volume provides a critical framework for Arab writing, locating it alongside contemporary world literature.
The contributors maintain that Arabic literature reflects the Western postmodern condition without denying its own traditions. As such, Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives paves the way for an important cultural dialogue between East and West.
Authors covered include Adonis, Rabih Alameddine, Hoda Barakat, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mahmoud Darwish, Assia Djebar, and Elias Khoury.
Angelika Neuwirth is chair of Arabic studies at the Free University of Berlin.
Andreas Pflitsch is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches Arabic studies at the University of Bamberg and the Free University of Berlin.
Barbara Winckler is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches modern Arabic literature at the Free University of Berlin.
512 pages, Paperback
First published September 21, 2010
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Angelika Neuwirth
33 books33 followersAngelika Neuwirth is a professor of Qur'ānic studies at the Free University of Berlin. She studied Islamic studies, semantic studies and classical philology at the Universities of Berlin, Tehran, Göttingen, Jerusalem, and Munich.
Between 1994 and 1999 she was the director of the German Institute of Oriental Studies. She was awarded the Sigmund Freud prize for her research on the Qur'ān.
Between 1994 and 1999 she was the director of the German Institute of Oriental Studies. She was awarded the Sigmund Freud prize for her research on the Qur'ān.
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July 9, 2017
تدور مواضيع الكتاب حول ٣ محاور رئيسية (الذاكرة، الهوية، والجندر) من خلال دراسة أدب ٢١ أديب عربي من مختلف الدول العربية..
في ٣١ مقال مختلف يقوم الكتاب بتغطية بعض من الأدب العربي القيم من زاوية مابعد حداثية يوضح فيها أهمية الأدب وانعكاسه على الثقافة والتاريخ والوضع السياسي المضطرب من استعمار وديكتاتورية وحروب.
في ٣١ مقال مختلف يقوم الكتاب بتغطية بعض من الأدب العربي القيم من زاوية مابعد حداثية يوضح فيها أهمية الأدب وانعكاسه على الثقافة والتاريخ والوضع السياسي المضطرب من استعمار وديكتاتورية وحروب.
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