| Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel: Feminism, Nationalism, and the Arabic Novel 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Hanna, K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349714895 ISBN-13: 9781349714896 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 892.709 |
| Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.56 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Middle East - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel examines the aesthetics of existentialism, critical realism, and surrealism in contemporary feminist literature in the Levant. It focuses on the novels of the Syrian writer Gh?dah al-Samm?n (b. 1942), the Palestinian Sahar Khal?feh (b. 1941), and the Lebanese Hud? Barak't (b. 1952) and argues that their mediations of the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1990 and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (especially since 1967) led to the development of a feminism specific to the Levant through avant-garde literary aesthetics. Writing in response to war and national crisis, al-Samm?n, Khal?feh, and Barak't introduce 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. Moreover, by setting literary representations of gender and sexuality in both national and regional contexts, it highlights 'the Levant' as an interstitial space that inspired new forms of Arab feminism. |