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Contemporary Arab Fiction Fabio Caiani (University of St Andrews, UK)

Contemporary Arab Fiction By Fabio Caiani (University of St Andrews, UK)

Contemporary Arab Fiction by Fabio Caiani (University of St Andrews, UK)


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This book introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. Relying on literary theory and referring to comparative examples from other literatures, this study places its findings within a wider framework, defining what is meant by innovation in the Arabic novel, and the particular socio-political context in which it appears.

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Contemporary Arab Fiction: Innovation from Rama to Yalu by Fabio Caiani (University of St Andrews, UK)

This book introduces Western readers to some of the most significant novels written in Arabic since 1979. Despite their contribution to the development of contemporary Arabic fiction, these authors remain largely unknown to non-Arab readers.

Fabio Caiani examines the work of the Moroccan Muhammad Barrada; the Egyptian Idwar al-Kharrat; the Lebanese Ilyas Khuri and the Iraqi Fuad al-Takarli. Their most significant novels were published between 1979 and 2002, a period during which their work reached literary maturity. They all represent pioneering literary trends compared to the novelistic form canonized in the influential early works of Naguib Mahfouz. Until now, some of their most innovative works have not been analyzed in detail this book fills that gap.

Relying on literary theory and referring to comparative examples from other literatures, this study places its findings within a wider framework, defining what is meant by innovation in the Arabic novel, and the particular socio-political context in which it appears. This book will significantly enrich the existing critical literature in English on the contemporary Arabic novel.

Contemporary Arab Fiction Reviews

"The author extensively uses the multi-faceted experience of both European and Arab scholars, avoiding eclecticism and simplistic and over-generalized conclusions (p. 15)... Caianis study is based on a close textual analysis of the novels that are indicative of the diversity of artistic searches in recent decades, and most of the works analysed by the author are known to a wide western audience through their translation. His monograph not only exposes the formal innovations of the novels by Barrada, al-Kharrat, Khur and al-Takarl, but also reveals the mechanisms of their creativity. In the last analysis they are connected to problems that offer a perspective for further investigations in the fields of theory and history of Arabic literature." -Baian Rayhanova; Middle Eastern Literatures, 14:2, 213-215 (2011).

About Fabio Caiani (University of St Andrews, UK)

Fabio Caiani teaches Arabic in the Department of Arabic and Middle East Studies at the University of St. Andrews, UK

Table of Contents

Introduction: On Literary Innovation (Part 1) 1. Fragmentation 2. Polyphony 3. Intertextuality 4. Metafiction. Conclusion: On Literary Innovation (Part 2)

Additional information

NPB9780415414562
9780415414562
0415414563
Contemporary Arab Fiction: Innovation from Rama to Yalu by Fabio Caiani (University of St Andrews, UK)
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2007-08-22
192
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