Yasir Suleiman / Ibrahim Muhawi (eds.)

Literature and Nation in the Middle East

Herausgeber: Suleiman, Yasir; Muhawi, Ibrahim

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This compelling study presents an original look at how 'the nation' is represented in the literature of the Middle East. It includes chapters on Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine and Israel, drawing on the expertise of literary scholars, historians, political scientists and cultural theorists. The book offers a synthesising contribution to knowledge, placing Arab literature within the context of emergent or conflicting nationalist projects in the area. Topics addressed include: . the roles of literature and interpretation in defining national identity . exile . conflicting nationalisms . conflict resolution The approaches taken by the authors range from textual and rhetorical analysis to historical accounts of the role of literature in contributing to national identity, and political analysis of the use of literature as a tool in conflict resolution. Genres covered include fiction (the novel), poetry and verbal duelling. This unique exploration of the subject of literature and the nation in the Arab world will be of interest to anyone studying Middle Eastern literature and nationalism, as well as historians and political scientists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9780748620739
• ISBN-10: 0748620737
• Artikelnr.: 21066719

Autorenporträt

Professor Yasir Suleiman is the first holder of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa'id Chair of Modern Arabic Studies and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. His many published works include A War of Words: Language and Conflict in the Middle East (2004), The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology (2003), The Arabic Grammatical Tradition: A Study in Tal'liil(1999), Literature and Nation in the Middle East (edited with Ibrahim Muhawi, 2006), Language and Society in the Middle East and North Africa (editor, 1999), Arabic Grammar and Linguistics (editor, 1998), Language and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa (editor, 1996) and Arabic Sociolinguistics: Issues and Perspectives (editor, 1994). Ibrahim Muhawi is a Fellow of the Edinburgh Institute for the Advanced Study of the Arab World and Islam. His published work is interdisciplinary and ranges over the areas of Arabic literature, folklore, and translation. He is author of Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales (1989). He has also translated and introduced Mahmoud Darwish's Memory for Forgetfulness (1995).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; Introduction: Literature and Nation in the Middle East:
An Overview, Yasir Suleiman; Chapter 1: The Production of Locality in the
Oral Palestinian Poetry Duel, Nadia Yaqub; Chapter 2: Irony and the Poetics
of Palestinian Exile, Ibrahim Muhawi; Chapter 3: Gender and the Palestinian
Narrative of Return in Two Novels by Ghassan Kanafani, Amy Zalman; Chapter
4: Darwish's 'Indian Speech' as Dramatic Performance: Sacred Space and
Transformation, J. Kirsten Urban; Chapter 5: Israeli Jewish nation building
and Hebrew Translations of Arabic Literature, Hannah Amit-Kochavi; Chapter
6: Between Myth and Reality: in Israeli Jewish Nation Building, Shai
Ginsburg; Chapter 7: Writing the Nation: The Emergence of Egypt in the
Modern Arabic Novel, Jeff Shalan; Chapter 8: Arabic Poetry, Nationalism,
and Social Change: Sudanese Colonial and Postcolonial Perspectives, Heather
J. Sharkey; Chapter 9: Marginal Literature of the Middle East, Peter Clark;
Chapter 10: The Predicament of In-Betweenness in the Contemporary Lebanese
Exilic Novel in English, Syrine C. Hout; Chapter 11: The Nation Speaks: On
the Poetics of Nationalist Literature, Yasir Suleiman; Bibliography.