Modern Arabic Literature

Starkey, Paul G

Modern Arabic Literature

Starkey, Paul G

Authors

Professor Paul Starkey p.g.starkey@durham.ac.uk
Combined Role

Abstract

This is a succinct introduction to modern Arabic literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Designed primarily as an introductory textbook for English-speaking undergraduates, it will also be of interest to a more general readership interested in the contemporary Middle East or in comparative and modern literature. The work attempts to situate the development of modern Arabic literature in the context of the medieval Arabic literary tradition, as well as the new literary forms derived from the West, exploring the interaction between social, political and cultural change in the Middle East and the development of a modern Arabic literary tradition. Poetry, prose writing and the theatre are discussed in separate sections. The work overall aims to give a balanced account of the subject, reflecting the different pace of literary development in diverse parts of the Arab world, including North Africa.

Citation

Starkey, P. G. (2006). Modern Arabic Literature. Edinburgh University Press

Book Type	Authored Book
Publication Date	2006-07
Deposit Date	Mar 10, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Jun 23, 2009
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Series Title	New Edinburgh Islamic surveys
ISBN	07486129126
Keywords	Poetry, Neo-classicists, Romantics, Modernists, Prose literature, Drama, Theatre.
Publisher URL	http://www.eupjournals.com/book/9780748612918