{"product_id":"arabic-literature-postmodern-perspectives-paperback","title":"Arabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngelika Neuwirth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAndreas Pflitsch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Winckler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The coverage of the region is admirable in terms of both geographical spread and literary genre. . . . This collection of articles, carefully grouped around specific themes and the authors who invoke them, is an important contribution to the study of modern Arabic literature.\"--Professor Roger Allen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArabic Literature: Postmodern Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the work of twenty-nine pivotal authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French, and Hebrew. Organized around the central themes of memory, place, and gender, each of which is discussed in an introductory essay, the volume provides a critical framework for Arab writing, locating it alongside contemporary world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors maintain that Arabic literature reflects the Western postmodern condition without denying its own traditions. As such, \u003ci\u003eArabic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e paves the way for an important cultural dialogue between East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthors covered include Adonis, Rabih Alameddine, Hoda Barakat, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mahmoud Darwish, Assia Djebar, and Elias Khoury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngelika Neuwirth\u003c\/b\u003e is chair of Arabic studies at the Free University of Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndreas Pflitsch\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches Arabic studies at the University of Bamberg and the Free University of Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Winckler\u003c\/b\u003e is a research fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches modern Arabic literature at the Free University of Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngelika Neuwirth: Angelika Neuwirth is Chair of Arabic Studies at the Free University of Berlin and co-director of the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndreas Pflitsch: Andreas Pflitsch is a Research Fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches Arabic Studies at the University of Bamberg and the Free University of Berlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarbara Winckler: Barbara Winckler is a Research Fellow at the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies in Berlin and teaches Modern Arabic Literature at the Free University of Berlin.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696957395007,"sku":"9780863566943","price":34.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/294150b21da7683796ad74d2028ff8e7.webp?v=1765007940","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/arabic-literature-postmodern-perspectives-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}