Reuven Snir

Modern Arabic Literature (eBook, PDF)

A Theoretical Framework

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474420525
• Artikelnr.: 50402508

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter One: The Modern Arabic Literary System
1. The Scope of the Research Subject
2. Popular Literature and Legitimation
3. Assumptions behind the Operative Model
Chapter Two: Literary Dynamics in Synchronic Cross-Section
1. Canonical Literature
1.a. Texts for Adults
1.b. Texts for Children
1.c. Translated Texts
2. Non-Canonical Literature
2.a. Texts for Adults
2.b. Texts for Children
2.c. Translated Texts
3. Internal and External Interrelationships
Chapter Three: Outlines of Diachronic Intersystemic Development
1. Literature / Religion
2. Literature / Territory
3. Literature / Language
4. Literature / State Nationalism
Chapter Four: Literary Dynamics in Generic and Diachronic Cross-Section
1. Periodization
2. Classical vis-à-vis Modern Literature
3. The Development of the Genres
3.a. Poetry
3.b. Fiction
3.c. Theater
4. Generic Interrelationships
Conclusion
References
Index