Studying Modern Arabic Literature : Mustafa Badawi, Scholar and Critic / edited by Roger Allen and Robin Ostle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, Roger, 1942- editor.

Ostle, Robin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Badawī, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá.

Arabic literature--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.

Summary:

During the decades following his arrival in Oxford in 1964, Mustafa Badawi shared with his students, and the wider public, the extent to which Arabic literature is such a vibrant component of global culture - thereby freeing it from the more traditional approaches of academic Orientalism. The opening biographical section of this celebration of Badawi's immense contribution to the field describes his early life and career in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean city of Alexandria. It also assesses his role as a public intellectual in the Arab World and the West, and considers the manner in which his initial career as a scholar of English literature affected his teaching and research in Arabic and also his role as a translator. The second section provides examples of the work of eminent scholars in the field who are adding to Badawi's heritage, in some cases in areas of work which were developed under his tutelage. Key Features, Illustrates the critical affiliations and teaching methods of the outstanding scholar of modern Arabic literature in the twentieth century, Assess some of the problems faced by an intellectual and translator in bridging Arabic and western cultures, Includes studies from eminent specialists who were taught by Badawi, showing the type of work he inspired Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Alexandria to Oxford

1 The Cosmopolitan Alexandrian / Robin Ostle Ostle, Robin 7

2 Muhammad Mustafa Badawi in Conversation / Abdul-Nabi Isstaif Isstaif, Abdul-Nabi 18

3 Badawi: An Academic with a Vision. A Personal Testimony / Sabry Hafez Hafez, Sabry 33

4 From the Shadow Plays of Ibn Daniyal to the Poetry of Philip Larkin: Mustafa Badawi as Editor and Translator / Derek Hopwood Hopwood, Derek 55

Part II The Academic Legacy

5 Beginning and End: Exploring the Qur'anic 'Grand Story' / Mohamed Mahmoud Mahmoud, Mohamed 69

6 Modern Arabic Literature as Seen in the Late Nineteenth Century: Jurji Murqus's Contribution to Korsh and Kirpichnikov's Vseobshchaya Istoria Literatury / Hilary Kilpatrick Kilpatrick, Hilary 83

7 The 'Second Journey' (Al-Rihla al-thaniya) of Muhammad al-Muwaylihi's Hadith cIsa Ibn Hisham Revisited / Roger Allen Allen, Roger 102

8 Ataturk Becomes 'Antar: Nationalist-vernacular Politics and Epic Heroism in 1920s Egypt / Marilyn Booth Booth, Marilyn 118

9 Jewish Arabs in the Israeli Asylum: A Literary Reflection / Miriam Cooke Cooke, Miriam 139

10 Strange Incidents from History: Youssef Rakha and his Sultan's Seal / Paul Starkey Starkey, Paul 159

11 Towards a Comparative Approach to Arabic Literature / Abdul-Nabi Isstaif Isstaif, Abdul-Nabi 178

12 Does Literature Matter? The Relationship between Literature and Politics in Revolutionary Egypt / Elisabeth Kendall Kendall, Elisabeth 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780748696628

0748696628

9780748696635

0748696636

9781474403498

1474403492

OCLC:

892895312