THE PALESTINIAN NOVEL FROM 1948 TO THE PRESENT

[...]crucially, his focus on Palestinian literary responses to lived conditions may be the first book-length study of the field to de-center the nation as a frame of reading Palestinian novels. In reading how the historic conditions of the four authors shaped their writing, the reader gets a glimpse...

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Published in:Arab Studies Journal 2019, Vol.27 (2), p.160-163
Main Author: Parr, Nora
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Abu-Manneh, Bashir
Aesthetics
Fiction
Literature
Modernism
Novels
Palestinian literature
Politics
Reading
Realism
Refugee camps
Refugees
REVIEWS
Writers
Writing
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Summary:[...]crucially, his focus on Palestinian literary responses to lived conditions may be the first book-length study of the field to de-center the nation as a frame of reading Palestinian novels. In reading how the historic conditions of the four authors shaped their writing, the reader gets a glimpse of how diverse realities of life in the West Bank (pre- and post-1967), Ba'athist Iraq, Mandate Palestine, refugee camps in Lebanon, and today's Israel influence personal politics and approaches to literature. [...]despite the limitations of Abu-Manneh's chosen frame, the work takes a bold stride in what might be a new direction in Palestinian literary study-to look beyond the nation at what Palestinian literature means for the world, and not just the homeland.
ISSN:1083-4753
2328-9627