The Arabic Novel: An Historical and Critical Introduction, Second Edition

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Syracuse University Press, 1 janv. 1995 - 328 pages

This edition includes new material on the Arabic novel up to 1993. It is a survey of the Arabic novel and its development from its beginnings in the 19th century until today. It traces the origin, early cultivation and the mature period after World War II of the Arabic novel.

 

Table des matières

Parameters of Definition
1
Early Developments in the Arabic Novel Tradition
11
The Period of Maturity
52
xix
109
90
172
Transformations in Fictional Perspective
183
Twelve Arabic Novels
195
AlWaqai algharībah fiikhtifā Said Abi alnaḥs
209
AlNihāyāt Abd alrahman Munif
222
Hikayat Zahrah Ḥanān alShaykh
231
Nazif alhajar Ibrāhīm alKūnī
244
Conclusion
259
Glossary
269
Index
297
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Roger Allen is the author of A Period of Time: al-Muwaylihi’s Hadith ‘Isa ibn Hisham (2nd ed., 1992) and Modern Arabic Literature (1987). He has written and translated numerous articles on modern Arabic fiction and drama on Arabic language pedagogy. He taught Arabic language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania.

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