Literary disinheritance : the writing of home in the work of Mahmoud Darwish and Assia Djebar / Najat Rahman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahman, Najat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Darwīsh, Maḥmūd--Criticism and interpretation.

Darwīsh, Maḥmūd.

Djebar, Assia, 1936-2015--Criticism and interpretation.

Djebar, Assia.

Djebar, Assia, 1936-2015.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 146 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2008]

Summary:

Literary Disinheritance examines the shifts in the articulations of "home" in the works of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and the Algerian writer Assia Djebar, considering their writing as an instance of a larger cultural expression in the Arab world. Darwish and Djebar's notions of home respond to textual delineations of heritage that have become historical. They identify a long literary heritage that not only speaks of dispossession and effacement but also suggests that those very predicaments are historically enacted through nationalist and religious readings of inherited stories. The patriarchal narratives that forge collective identity are revisited and reopened; in order to reconstitute the trope of home, they call attention to different facets of discontinuity in their heritage. Author Najat Rahman locates and explores the treatment of these discontinuous moments as they emanate from a rigorous reflection on writing.

Contents:

Introduction : the writing of home through literary heritage

Revisiting a heritage of dispossession. The trial of heritage and the legacy of Abraham

Reclaiming an Islamic legacy of memory and contestation in Assia Djebar's Loin de Médine

Poetic survival : post-Beirut poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

The reconstitution of home through language. The language of home and the fragmented heritage : Assia Djebar's L'Amour, la fantasia

Writing absence : language, rhythm, and temporality in the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-128) and index.

ISBN:

9780739120071

0739120077

OCLC:

173243850