Modern Arabic Literature

A Theoretical Framework

Reuven Snir (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

416 Seiten

2017
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-2051-8 (ISBN)

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The study of Arabic literature is blossoming. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to help research this highly prolific and diverse production of contemporary literary texts. Based on the achievements of historical poetics, in particular those of Russian formalism and its theoretical legacy, this framework offers flexible, transparent, and unbiased tools to understand the relevant contexts within the literary system. The aim is to enhance our understanding of Arabic literature, throw light on areas of literary production that traditionally have been neglected, and stimulate others to take up the fascinating challenge of mapping out and exploring them.

Reuven Snir is Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Haifa. His most recent books in English include Arab-Jewish Literature: The Birth and Demise of the Arabic Short Story (Brill, 2019), Modern Arabic Literature: A Theoretical Framework (EUP, 2017), Baghdad ― The City in Verse (Harvard University Press, 2013) and Who Needs Arab-Jewish Identity? (Brill, 2015).

PrefaceTransliterationIntroduction

Chapter One: The Modern Arabic Literary System1. The Scope of the Research Subject2. Popular Literature and Legitimation3. Assumptions behind the Operative Model

Chapter Two: Literary Dynamics in Synchronic Cross-Section1. Canonical Literature1.a. Texts for Adults1.b. Texts for Children1.c. Translated Texts2. Non-Canonical Literature2.a. Texts for Adults2.b. Texts for Children2.c. Translated Texts3. Internal and External Interrelationships

Chapter Three: Outlines of Diachronic Intersystemic Development1. Literature / Religion2. Literature / Territory3. Literature / Language4. Literature / State Nationalism

Chapter Four: Literary Dynamics in Generic and Diachronic Cross-Section1. Periodization2. Classical vis-à-vis Modern Literature3. The Development of the Genres3.a. Poetry3.b. Fiction3.c. Theater4. Generic Interrelationships

ConclusionReferencesIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	09.08.2017
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	768 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-4744-2051-6 / 1474420516
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-2051-8 / 9781474420518
Zustand	Neuware