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This book provides the first authoritative, comprehensive critical survey of creative writing in Arabic from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, a period which saw profound changes in the very concept of literature. Muhammad Ali's drive for modernization in Egypt early in the nineteenth century began a process of westernization which gathered momentum, eventually spreading from Egypt and Syria to the rest of the Arab world, aided by the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. With the spread of secular education, printing and journalism, a new reading public appeared. A significant translation movement resulted in the borrowing of Western ideas as well as of literary forms: the novel, the short story and drama. Against the background of the rise of nationalism, the conflict between Islam and westernization, and the search for identity (intensified later by diverse ideologies), the traditional conception of literature as a display of verbal skill was replaced by the view that literature should reflect and indeed change social and political reality. The contributors to this volume of the Cambridge History of Arabic Literature examine the attempts made by Arab men and women to adapt the new imported forms as well as the indigenous literary tradition to meet the requirements of the modern world, and their achievement in making a major contribution to world literature.
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- Title Modern Arabic Literature
- Author M. M. Badawi (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 588
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 1993-01-14
- ISBN 9780521331975 / 0521331978
- Weight 1.99 lbs (0.90 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.11 x 1.39 in (23.55 x 15.52 x 3.53 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Library of Congress subjects Arabic literature - 20th century - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91041007
- Dewey Decimal Code 892.709
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