Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel

Feminism, Nationalism, and the Arabic Novel

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US | e druk, 2017
ISBN13: 9781349714896
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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.

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ISBN13:9781349714896
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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