The modern Arabic short story : Shahrazad returns / Mohammad Shaheen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shāhīn, Muḥammad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Arabic--History and criticism.

Short stories, Arabic.

Arabic fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Arabic fiction.

Physical Description:

xiv, 285 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition, revised and expanded.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

Summary:

This fully revised second edition of The Modern Arabic Short Story is a unique anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Many of the short stories gathered in this volume are translated here for the first time. The stories are complemented by a set of critical essays and commentaries drawing out the themes and methods of these short story writers, pointing to the deeper cultural and political significance of these works. Shaheen examines the issue of censorship and the impact of this on individual writers, looking at the ways in which folktale and allegory are used to negotiate the censor. Each story has been beautifully translated and carefully collected in this unique updated edition. The Modern Arabic Short Story provides a valuable introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling.

Contents:

Part 1 A Critical Study 17

I. The Situation of the Short Story 19

II. Sindbad: The Other Voyage 41

1. The Old Sindbad: An Image of Fellowship and Settlement 41

2. The Modern Sindbad: A Portrait of a Bleak House 50

3. The Sindbad Poetry of the Short Story 57

4. Towards a Modern Sensibility 63

5. 'Sindbad the Porter': A House with a View 70

6. 'The Faces of Sindbad': A House in Exile 76

7. 'Sindbad on his Eighth Voyage': A House Restored 81

8. 'The Sindbad City': Out of Place 88

9. 'The Seven Voyages of Sindbad': A Nightmare Voyage 92

10. 'Abd Allah Samsa in Waqwaq Island': Sindbad Persecuted 100

11. 'Sindbad' from 'Old Sorrows; Five Tales from The Arabian Nights': Sindbad on Sale 104

III. Shahrazad: The Eternal Perspective 113

1. 'Spring in the Ashes': The Hope of Regeneration 113

2. 'The Blue Charm and the Return of Jubaynah': The Vision of Return 117

3. 'The Orphans' Cow': Alienation and Dream 121

4. 'Abu-Zayd Surrenders': Struggle for Survival 123

5. 'Shatir Hasan and the Season of Drought': Surviving the Struggle 128

IV. Aladdin's Lamp without Oil 135

1. 'Night 1002': Mirror with no Light 135

2. "An Oil Slick': A Broken Mirror on the Sea 137

3. "Antarah Ibn Zabibah': Faris without Furusiyyah 143

Part 2 A Selection of Texts 159

'The Death of Sindbad' / Michael 'Aflaq 161

'Sindbad and his Mistress' / Michael 'Aflaq 167

'Sindbad the Porter' / Najib Surur 171

'Sindbad on his Eighth Voyage' / Khalil Hawi 179

'The Sindbad City' / Badr al-Sayyab 191

''Abd Allah Samsa in Waqwaq Island' / Mustafa al-Masnawi 197

'Sindbad' from 'Old Sorrows; Five Tales from The Arabian Nights' / Mohammad al-Mansi Qandil 205

'Spring in the Ashes' / Zakariyya Tamir 209

'The Blue Charm and the Return of Jubaynah' / Emile Habibi 215

'The Orphans' Cow' / Mahmud Shuqair 221

'Abu-Zayd Surrenders' / Hasan Muhassib 227

'Shatir Hasan and the Season of Drought' / Akram Haniyyah 237

'Night 1002' / Riyad al-Marzuqi 243

'An Oil Slick' / Sulayman Shatti 247

'Antarah Ibn Zabibah' / Faysal Khartash 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.

ISBN:

0333641361

033364137X

OCLC:

49922447