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Synopsis
The Image of Arabs in Modern Persian Literature considers the problem of defining Iranianness, given Iran's ethnic diversity and history as an Islamic but non-Arab country. The author focuses on the role of modern Persian literature in the process of self-definition, 19th-and 20th- century Iranian nationalism, and changing models of nationalism and their reflection in the literature, through the close reading and explication of novels, short stories, poems and essays by major Iranian writers of the 20th- century, with emphasis on writings from the Pahlavi period (1921-1979). Works which serve to represent the spectrum of writing and opinion are discussed. Some of the authors that are analyzed include fiction writer and essayist Mohammad Ali Jam_lz_deh, S_deq Hed_yat, Iran's most famous 20th-century author and Jal_l ^D^Al-e ^D^Ahmad, the most prominent literary figure in Iran in the 1960s.
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About the Author
Joya Blondel Saad is Adjunct Faculty at Brookhaven College and Associate Faculty at Collin County Community College.
Review
...well documented with illustrative quotations...valuable insights, through the literature quoted, into the ideological conflicts beneath the surface of Iranian nationalism today.>>>> (Modern Fiction Studies)
...pulls no punches and is not afraid to assault quasi-sacred figures...convincing.>>>> (The Modern Language Journal)
...pulls no punches and is not afraid to assault quasi-sacred figures...convincing. (The Modern Language Journal)
...well documented with illustrative quotations...valuable insights, through the literature quoted, into the ideological conflicts beneath the surface of Iranian nationalism today. (Modern Fiction Studies)
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- PublisherUniversity Press Of America
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0761803300
- ISBN 13 9780761803300
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages152
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