scholarly journals Migrazione alla ricerca di un’identità in La stagione della migrazione al nord di al-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ

2021 ◽  
pp. 319-341
Author(s):  
Paolo La Spisa
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The North ◽  
External Point ◽  
Modern Arabic ◽  
Critical Literature

The novel by Al-Ṭayib Ṣāliḥ The Season of Migration to the North is a classic of the post-modern Arabic literature. The critical literature of the last century has privileged the post-colonial interpretation. One of the aims of this essay is to reveal the inner reality of the main characters, who are not seen from an external point of view, but within a closer relationship with the reader.

Stranger Fictions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Global Circulation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Modern Arabic

Zaynab, first published in 1913, is widely cited as the first Arabic novel, yet the previous eight decades saw hundreds of novels translated into Arabic from English and French. This vast literary corpus influenced generations of Arab writers but has, until now, been considered a curious footnote in the genre's history. Incorporating these works into the history of the Arabic novel, this book offers a transformative new account of modern Arabic literature, world literature, and the novel. This book rewrites the history of the global circulation of the novel by moving Arabic literature from the margins of comparative literature to its center. Considering the wide range of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century translation practices, the book argues that Arabic translators did far more than copy European works; they authored new versions of them, producing sophisticated theorizations of the genre. These translations and the reading practices they precipitated form the conceptual and practical foundations of Arab literary modernity, necessitating an overhaul of our notions of translation, cultural exchange, and the global. The book shows how translators theorized the Arab world not as Europe's periphery but as an alternative center in a globalized network. It affirms the central place of (mis)translation in both the history of the novel in Arabic and the novel as a transnational form itself.

A Thousand and One Nights and the Novel

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard van Leeuwen
Keyword(s):  
Magical Realism ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The West ◽  
Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries ◽  
Modern Arabic

This chapter examines the influence of Alf layla wa layla (A Thousand and One Nights), the ingenious Arabic cycle of stories, on the development of the novel as a literary genre. It shows that the Nights helped shape the European novel in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The chapter first explains how the French translation of the Nights and its popularity in Europe led to its incorporation in world literature, creating an enduring taste for “Orientalism” in many forms. It then considers how the Nights became integrated in modern Arabic literature and how Arabic novels inspired by it were used to criticize social conditions, dictatorial authority, and the lack of freedom of expression. It also discusses the Nights as a source of innovation for the trend of magical realism, as well as its role in the interaction between the Arab world and the West.

scholarly journals Symbolism of Water in Classic and Modern Arabic Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-265
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hamad
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Greek Mythology ◽  
Symbolic Meanings ◽  
Water Springs ◽  
Modern Arabic

Water in Arabic literature has literal and symbolic meanings. Water is one of the four elements in Greek mythology; life would be impossible without water and it is a synonym for life; life originated in water. Springs, wells, rain, seas, snow, and swamps are all associated with water. Each form of water may take on a different manifestation of the original from which it comes about. Arabic literature employs the element of water in poetry, the short story, and the novel. We find it in titles of poems: Unshudat al-matar (Hymn of the Rain) and Waj’ al-ma’ (The Pain of Water); and novels: Dhakirat al-ma’ (The Memory of Water); Taht al-matar (Under the Rain); Matar huzayran (June Rain); Al-Bahr khalf al-sata’ir (The Seas Behind the Curtains); Rahil al-bahr (Departure of the Sea); and many others. This study aims to answer the following questions: How does the element of water manifest in Arabic literature? What are the semantics and symbolism of the different forms of water in the literary imaginary? The study refers to six different significations for water in classical and modern Arabic literature: water as synonymous with life, purity and the revelation of truth, separation and death, fertility and sex, land and homeland, and talent and creativity.

The transformation of reality and the Arabic novel's aesthetic response

1994 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabry Hafez
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Aesthetic Response ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
Modern Arabic

The rapid pace of the change sweeping through the Arab world over the last few decades has profoundly affected both its various cultural products and its writers' perception of their national identity, social role and the nature of literature. The aim of this paper1 is to discuss the major changes in the sociopolitical reality of the Arab world, the cultural frame of reference and the responses of one of the major literary genres in modern Arabic literature: the novel. It is assumed here that there is a vital interaction between the novel and its socio-cultural context, in that novels encode within their very structure various elements of the social reality in which they appear and within whose constraints they aspire to play a role. Their generation of meaning is enmeshed in a variety of cultural, psychological and social processes, and their reception therefore brings into operation an array of experiences necessary for the interpretive act.

Homosexuality in the Shadow of War

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-270
Author(s):  
Fayyad Haibi ◽  
Yaseen Kittani
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Modern Arabic

This study deals with homosexuality in modern Arabic literature in the context of the civil war in Lebanon, as reflected in Hudā Barakāt’s novel Ḥaǧar al-ḍaḥk (The Laughter Stone). The study concludes that homosexual relations were a fundamental and direct result of the war and the twisted reality it engendered. This becomes clear in light of the three stages through which the figure of Ḫalīl the homosexual goes in the course of the novel: From absolute homosexuality, through uncertainty to transformation. The last of the three afore-mentioned stages highlights the totally masculine nature of war. The study also demonstrates that the fact that the author chose a homosexual figure as the novel’s protagonist to demonstrate her principled ideological opposition to war in any form.

The State of Affairs of Pangal Women: A Feminist Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
Baharuddin Shah ◽  
Chingiz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Village

The Pangal community is one of the indigenous communities in Manipur state which lies at the north eastern corner of India. The representation of Pangal women and their condition in terms of polity, society and economy through the lens of feminist perspective in Manipur is minimal and extended to the village/local level only. The paper tries to answer in an integrated way some of the pertinent questions in respect of Pangal women. In this context, an attempt has been made to explore the historical background of the origin of Pangal in Manipur. This paper has also attempted to critically examine the economic, political and social conditions of Pangal women in the light of feminist point of view from the medieval to the post-colonial periods.

scholarly journals Perwatakan Tokoh Pergerakan Feminisme dalam Novel Ahlâm Al-Nisâ Al-Harem Karya Fatima Mernissi (Sebuah Kajian Strukturalisme Genetik)

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Syarifuddin Syarifuddin
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Women's Movements ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Written Information ◽  
Fatima Mernissi ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Feminist Movements ◽  
Modern Arabic

This article describes the figures of feminist movements in the novel Ahlâm Al-Nisâ Al-Harem by Fatima Mernissi, a Moroccan sociologist and writer, who has contributed and influenced the development of modern Arabic literature. Using Goldmann's genetic structuralism approach, the author is interested in researching this novel because it pictures women leaders who aggressively carried out feminist movements in order to break down the boundaries of custom that narrow women's movements. This research uses qualitative data in the form of facts, information, statements or images obtained from the primary source: Ahlâm Al-Nisâ Al-Harem by Fatima Mernissi. The data were analyzed using a descriptive qualitative method  focusing on content analysis, which is an in-depth analysis of the content of written information. 

scholarly journals Reunification of Korea: Economic Consequences from an External Point of View

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Edward M. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
The South ◽  
Korean Economy ◽  
The North ◽  
External Point ◽  
Catch Up

Korean reunification remains an uncertainty. When and if it comes, the condition of the North Korean economy is primitive compared to the economy of South Korea. Because of massive investment needs in the North, and under plausible assumptions regarding savings rates in a unified Korea, the balance of payment of a reunified Korea is likely to deteriorate significantly in the event of reunification. Foreign direct investment could ameliorate this result, and might contribute to a more rapid catch-up of the North to the South.

scholarly journals Prejudice in Joseph Conrad’s Post-Colonial Novel Heart of Darkness

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Nushrat Azam
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
Heart Of Darkness ◽  
Visual Description ◽  
Constant Source

The paper analyses the underlying racism present in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Although Heart of Darkness has been considered one of the greatest works of art ever since it was first published, one aspect of the novel has been a constant source of criticism and debate among scholars and readers: racism. Whether this novel is racist is a question of utmost importance because this question puts the greatness of the novel in doubt. The purpose of this study is to answer this very question of racism through the analysis of the author’s point of view, characterization, visual description, use of symbols and language used in the novel with regards to racism. Through the analysis it has been concluded that through Conrad’s method of narration, style and literary skill, Conrad expertly masks racist viewpoints and hides the fact that at its core, Heart of Darkness is in fact a racist novel.

scholarly journals El héroe en “Luna verde” como espacio de las contradicciones que constituyen el proceso de la nacionalidad

2018 ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Ibáñez Castejón
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Panama Canal ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Specific Point ◽  
North Americans ◽  
The North ◽  
Collective Response ◽  
Panama Canal Zone ◽  
And Gender

Luna verde, narración muy influyente dentro de la literatura panameña contemporánea, ha establecido y desarrollado los tópicos de lo que se conoce como novela canalera. Este subgénero se circunscribe a la denuncia de los hechos ocurridos en la Zona del Canal de Panamá, donde la ocupación norteamericana se constituye en un régimen despótico. El relato se basa en la construcción de un héroe que va de la soledad existencial al reconocimiento de sí mismo y de su pueblo. En función de ello, plantea diferentes dicotomías de índole político, racial, ideológico, de género e histórico, que se analizarán considerando su objetivo realista y testimonial, y su fuerte impronta relacionada con el nacionalismo romántico. El personaje, Ramón de Roquebert, en el contexto del fracaso de la nación liberal, que provocó la concesión a una potencia extranjera de parte del territorio panameño, narra su propio desencanto y su búsqueda de una respuesta individual y colectiva, primero como trabajador y luego como estudiante. En la unión de ambos roles yace la iniciativa que la nacionalidad espera para afirmarse a sí misma.Luna verde is a very influential narration within contemporary Panamanian literature. It has endowed and developed the topics of what is known as the «novela canalera». This subgenre denounces the events that occurred in the Panama Canal Zone, where the North Americans established a despotic regime. The story is based on the formation of a hero who goes from existential loneliness to the identification of his people and himself. Subsequently, the novel exposes various dichotomies of a political, racial, ideological, historical and gender character, which will be analyzed in the light of its realistic and testimonial purpose and its strong imprint related to romantic nationalism. The main character, Ramon de Roquebert, narrates his own disenchantment and his search for an individual and collective response, first as a worker and then as student. In the union of both roles lies the initiative that nationality hopes to assert itself. This should be analyzed from a specific point of view which takes into consideration the context of the failure of the liberal nation, that ultimately leads to the concession of part of the Panamanian territory to a foreign power.

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