Death and Continuity: A comparative study of three modern Arabic novels by female authors - Softcover

Thabet, Hoda

 
9789979727729: Death and Continuity: A comparative study of three modern Arabic novels by female authors
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9979727721 ISBN 13: 9789979727729
Publisher: National and University Library of Iceland, 2015

Synopsis

This study proposes the feminist sublime as a basis for the interpretation of three modern Arabic novels written by women. Even though the sublime appears in classical Western literature, psychoanalysis, Biblical exegesis, Buddhist, Arabo-Islamic works of literature and others, feminist objectives have led to the reconfiguration of the concept.The novels analyzed are Woman at Point Zero by Nawāl al-Saʻdāwī, The Story of Zahra by Ḥanān al-Shaykh and Night of the First Billion by Ghādah al-Sammān. Myth and symbol, as well as tragedy, parody, satire, passive resistance, being and becoming, sexuality, sacrifice, and death in the three novels, are discussed in the framework of the feminist sublime.

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About the Author

PhD in Comparative Literature - MA in Arabic Literature- MA in English Literature-BA in Arabic (Major) and English (Minor)

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Publisher
National and University Library of Iceland
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9979727721
ISBN 13 
9789979727729
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
146