| Commitment and Beyond: Reflections On/Of the Political in Arabic Literature Since the 1940s Contributor(s): Pannewick, Friederike (Editor), Khalil, Georges (Editor), Albers, Yvonne (With) |
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ISBN: 3954900408 ISBN-13: 9783954900404 Publisher: Dr Ludwig Reichert OUR PRICE: $113.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Series: Literaturen Im Kontext. Arabisch - Persisch - Turkisch |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.8" W x 9.6" (1.75 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is about relations between literature, society and politics in the Arab world. It is an attempt to come to terms with the changing conceptualizations of the political in Arabic literature in recent modern history. It examines historical and contemporary conceptions of literary commitment (iltizam) and how notions of 'writing with a cause' have been shaped, contested, re-actualized since the 1940s until today. Against the backdrop of the current social and political transformations in the Arab world, questions on the role of the arts, specifically literature and its politics, arise with immediacy and require profound reflection and analysis. The chapters reexamine critically both current and historical notions of the political in modern Arabic literature as well as the legacy of iltizam as a term and an agenda. Literary commitment is understood here not just solely as a (completed) period in Arabic literary history but also as a vivid, changing and continuing idea that questions the role of literature and the author in and for a society. |