Postcolonialism and Modern Arabic Literature: Twenty-First Century Horizons

The rhetoric of death, birth, resurrection and haunting that has intensified around postcolonialism as an academic phenomenon is a sign of radical disciplinary transformation, one that has yet to overtake Arabic studies. Such transformation involves rethinking Arabic literary history and the theory...

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Published in:Interventions (London, England) England), 2018-02, Vol.20 (2), p.157-173
Main Author: Hassan, Waïl S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabic literature
comparative literature
Literary history
middle East studies
Modernity
postcolonial theory
Postcolonialism
Rhetoric
Transformation
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Summary:The rhetoric of death, birth, resurrection and haunting that has intensified around postcolonialism as an academic phenomenon is a sign of radical disciplinary transformation, one that has yet to overtake Arabic studies. Such transformation involves rethinking Arabic literary history and the theory of modernity to which it is wedded, a project that necessitates revamping the concept of comparison that Arabic and postcolonial studies have in common.
ISSN:1369-801X
1469-929X
DOI:10.1080/1369801X.2017.1391711