Reading Mohamed Choukri's Narratives

Hunger in Eden
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-74181-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

Reading Mohamed Choukri’s Narratives presents an intricate exploration into the life and literary universe of Mohamed Choukri, a towering figure in 20th-century Moroccan literature. Known primarily for his groundbreaking autobiographical work "al-Khubz al-Hafi" (For Bread Alone), Choukri's literary influence extends well beyond this single work. This book seeks to cast a light on his broader body of work, examining the cultural, societal, and personal influences that shaped his unique storytelling style. Through a deep analysis of his narratives, this text aims to unfold how Choukri portrayed the harsh realities he and others encountered, giving voice to the marginalized individuals and communities in Morocco.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elbousty, Jonas

Allen, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Jonas Elbousty & Roger Allen

Mohamed Choukri’s Short Stories: Flower Crazy and The Tent

Jonas Elbousty

Moroccan Literary History and Muhammad Shukri Roger Allen

Translation and Cultural Appropriation: Paul Bowles’ Translation of Mohamed Choukri’s al-Khubz al-Hafi

Qussay Al-Attabi

Translating Mohamed Choukri: Between Manipulation and Rewriting Hanan Bennoudi

Education as Paradox and Possibility in Mohammed Choukri’s novel Streetwise (1992)

Touria Khannous

Negotiating Space: Reclaiming the Spatial Gender Boundaries of Tangier in Muhammad Shukri’s Autobiographical Novel Wujuh (Faces)

mbarek sryfi

Sex Work was Hiring: Disguised Sociopolitical Critique in For Bread Alone and Zifzaf’s The Woman and the Rose

Ian Campbell

Mohamed Choukri: When literature Offers biting Social Critique

Anouar El Younssi

The Poetics of Atheism: How Mohamed Choukri Resists Ideological Appropriation

Natalie Khazaal

Tyranny Across Choukri and Kafka: Systems of Power Within the Father Mustafa Zewar

Über Autor(innen)

Jonas Elbousty holds an MPhil and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He teaches at Yale University where he is the Director of Undergraduate Studies. His publications include Vitality and Dynamism (Leiden University Press, 2015), Advanced Arabic Literary Reader (Routledge Press, 2016), Media Arabic (Routledge Press, 2021), Aswat Muasira (Georgetown University Press, 2023), Tales of Tangier (Yale University Press, 2023), and two forthcoming books, Screams of War (Seagull books 2024) and Faces (Georgetown University Press, 2024)

Roger Allen retired in June 2011 after serving for 43 years as Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2009-10 he was President of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. He is the author of numerous studies in book and article form devoted to the Arabic literary tradition and is also a translator of numerous contributions to the tradition of both modern and pre-modern Arabic narrative.