Teresa Pepe

Blogging from Egypt (eBook, ePUB)

Digital Literature, 2005-2016

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Six years before the Egyptian revolution of January 2011, many young Egyptians had resorted to blogging as a means of self-expression and literary creativity. This resulted in the emergence of a new literary genre: the autofictional blog. Such blogs are explored here as forms of digital literature, combining literary analysis and interviews with the authors. The blogs analysed give readers a glimpse into the daily lives, feelings and aspirations of the Egyptian youth who have pushed the country towards a cultural and political revolution. The narratives are also indicative of significant aesthetic and political developments taking place in Arabic literature and culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474434027
• Artikelnr.: 72412693

Autorenporträt

Teresa Pepe is Associate Professor in Arabic Studies in Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo. Her research interests span across modern and contemporary Arabic literature, media studies and popular culture. She has published several articles in Oriente Moderno, Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies and LEA- Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Egyptian Blogs Between Fiction and Autobiography
Chapter 1: Arabic Literature Goes Digital
Chapter 2: The Paratext of Egyptian Blogs
Chapter 3: Mixed Arabic as a Subversive Literary Style
Chapter 4: When Writers Activate Readers
Chapter 5: Bytes of Freedom: Fictionalized Bodies in the Egyptian
Blogosphere
Chapter 6: Blogging a Revolution: From Utopia to Dystopia
Conclusion
List of Works Cited