Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel

Feminism, Nationalism, and the Arabic Novel
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-71489-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2776 g

Reihe: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World

Writing in response to war and national crisis, al-Samm?n, Khal?feh, Barak?t, and others introduced into the Arabic literary canon aesthetic forms capable of carrying Levantine women's experiences. By assessing their feminism in such a way, this book aims to revive a critical emphasis on aesthetics in Arab women's writing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanna, K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Gender, Nation, and War: A New Critical Conjunction
1. The Vicious Cycle: Contemporary Literary Feminisms in the Mashriq
2. The Gendered Subject: Literary Existentialism in Gh?dah al-Samm?n's "Beirut Tetralogy"
3. Sahar Khal?feh's Resistance Literature: Towards a Palestinian Critical Realism
4. Gender Dialectics: Hud? Barak?t's Aesthetics of Androgyny
Afterword: Women Writing War, A Levantine Outlook

Über Autor(innen)

Kifah Hanna is Assistant Professor in the Department of Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College, USA.