| The Experimental Arabic Novel: Postcolonial Literary Modernism in the Levant Contributor(s): Meyer, Stefan G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791447332 ISBN-13: 9780791447338 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: The Experimental Arabic Novel places the modern and contemporary Arabic novel in the context of the modernist-postmodern culture debate in the West. Tracing the development of experimentalism in the modern Arabic novel from the 1960s to the present, Meyer argues that it is possible to speak of distinct literary modernisms that have each evolved with a different set of characteristics, depending upon the nature of their historical antecedents. This approach to postcolonial literature offers a way to compare and contrast it meaningfully with Western literature without relying on inherently Western literary models. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 892.736 |
| LCCN: 00041338 |
| Series: Suny Middle Eastern Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 341 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Arab World |