| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : violent arrival and departure : Western intruders wreak havoc on the world : a theoretical overview -- The encounter between the colonized and the colonizer -- A discovery voyage of self and other : Fadwa Tuqan's sojourn in England in the early sixties -- The fascination of an Egyptian intellectual with Europe : Taha Husayn and France -- Are Europeans like us? : Tawfiq al-Hakim : a perplexed Egyptian intellectual in Paris -- Colonialism failed project : Yahya Haqqi and Imperial Britain -- The destruction of both colonizer and colonized : Mustafa Sa'eed, a fictitious Sudanese intellectual journeys to England, the depth of hell -- Buried in the deepest recesses of memory : a queen or a slave? : the vision of Ghassan Kanafani and Emile Habibi of the city of Haifa -- Women under occupation : Fadwa Tuqan and Sahar Khalifah document Israeli colonization -- Is friendship possible between the colonizer and the colonized? : a comparative assessment -- Conclusion : fractured identities : the perilous journey to self-recovery |
| Summary |
Debunking the Myths of Colonization. examines Salman Rushdie's thesis on the paradoxical nature of colonialism and its horrific impact on the psyche of the colonized. It probes Frantz Fanon's theories concerning the relationship between colonizersand colonized, and attempts to apply these theories to modern Arabic literature. Like Rushdi and Fanon, many Arab writers have embarked on a journey to the metropolis of their ex-colonial masters. Due to their encounter with English or French culture, they have written memoirs, poems, or fictions in which they have represented themselves and the 'othe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-269) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Arabic literature -- 1801- -- History and criticism
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Imperialism in literature.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
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Imperialism in literature
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Arabic literature
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Colonial influence
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Kolonialisme.
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Cultuurcontact.
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Literatuur (fictie en non-fictie)
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Arab countries -- Colonial influence
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Arab countries
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Arabische wereld.
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Europa (geografie)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021679031 |
| ISBN |
9780761850397 |
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0761850392 |
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0761850392 |
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