The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse

The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : UVA:X002251360
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse by : Ṣabrī Ḥāfiẓ

Download or read book The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse written by Ṣabrī Ḥāfiẓ and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After formulating a theoretical foundation for the sociology of narrative genres based on the work of Bakhtin, Foucault, Goldmann, Jauss and Said, this work challenges the widely held assumption that Arabic culture stagnated before its contact with the West at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Hafez traces the revival to the mid-eighteenth century and follows its development throughout the Arab world, showing how the emergence of a new reading public with its distinct 'world view' induced the process of the transformation and genesis of a new literary discourse. This is followed by a study of the dynamics of this process and an outline of the various stages of the formation and transformation of the new narrative discourse until it culminates in the production of a sophisticated and mature narrative. The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse shifts the terms of the debate on the rise of narrative from formal analysis to an analysis of social formation, clarifying many of the issues which have long dogged critical discussion. It changes the nature of literary history by overlaying its dry chronology with the vivid socio-cultural dimension and by achieving a fine balance between the textual and contextual. It tests its major theoretical suppositions by tracing the historical development of narrative discourse, as well as through a detailed and sensitive analysis of a short story in a manner that changes the nature of Arabic literary criticism and puts it on an equal footing with modern critical discourse in Western culture.


The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse Related Books

The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Ṣabrī Ḥāfiẓ
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

After formulating a theoretical foundation for the sociology of narrative genres based on the work of Bakhtin, Foucault, Goldmann, Jauss and Said, this work cha
The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Ṣabrī Ḥāfiẓ
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

After formulating a theoretical foundation for the sociology of narrative genres based on the work of Bakhtin, Foucault, Goldmann, Jauss and Said, this work cha
Essays in Arabic Literary Biography: 1850-1950
Language: en
Pages: 408
Authors: Roger Allen
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The essays, which discuss authors in a variety of literary genres and across the spectrum of the region concerned-from Iraq in the East to Tunisia in the West-p
Poetics of Love in the Arabic Novel
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Wen-chin Ouyang
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-20 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Considers the Arabic novel within the triangle of the nation-state, modernity and traditionWen-Chin Ouyang explores the development of the Arabic novel, especia
Prophetic Translation
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Maya I. Kesrouany
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-26 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Collection of newly-commissioned essays tracing cutting-edge developments in children's literature research.