Modern Persian Literature in Afghanistan (Iranian Studies) - Softcover

Ahmadi, Wali

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138780049 ISBN 13: 9781138780040

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

With the unleashing of the "War on Terror" in the aftermath of 9/11, Afghanistan has become prominent in the news. However, we need to appreciate that no substantive understanding of contemporary history, politics and society of this country can be achieved without a thorough analysis of the Afghan encounter with cultural and literary modernity and modernization.

Modern Persian Literature in Afghanistan does just that. The book offers a balanced and interdisciplinary analysis of the rich and admirable contemporary poetry and fiction of a land long tormented by wars and invasions. It sets out to demonstrate that, within the trajectory of the union between modern aesthetic imagination and politics, creativity and production, and representation and history, the modernist intervention enabled many contemporary poets and writers of fiction to resist the overt politicization of the literary field, without evading politics or disavowing the modern state.

The interpretative moves and nuanced readings of a series of literary texts make this book a major contribution to a rather neglected area of research and study.

Winner of the Iranian World Prize for Book of the Year in Islamics Studies 2009

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About the Author

Wali Ahmadi is Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1138780049
• ISBN 13: 9781138780040
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196