Commitment and beyond : reflections on/of the Political in Arabic literature since the 1940s / edited by Frederike Pannewick and Georges Khalil ; together with Yvonne Albers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pannewick, Friederike, editor.

Khalil, Georges, editor.

Albers, Yvonne, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Literaturen im Kontext ; Bd. 41.

Literaturen im Kontext = Literatures in context ; vol. 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Arab--Political and social views.

Authors, Arab.

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

Arabic literature.

Politics in literature.

Literature and society--Arab countries.

Literature and society.

Arab countries.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Reichert Verlag 2015.

Summary:

This book is about relations between literature, society and politics in the Arab world. It is an attempt to come to terms with the changing conceptualizations of the political in Arabic literature in recent modern history. It examines historical and contemporary conceptions of literary commitment (iltizam) and how notions of 'writing with a cause' have been shaped, contested, re-actualized since the 1940s until today. Against the backdrop of the current social and political transformations in the Arab world, questions on the role of the arts, specifically literature and its politics, arise with immediacy and require profound reflection and analysis. The chapters reexamine critically both current and historical notions of the political in modern Arabic literature as well as the legacy of iltizam as a term and an agenda. Literary commitment is understood here not just solely as a (completed) period in Arabic literary history but also as a vivid, changing and continuing idea that questions the role of literature and the author in and for a society. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Tracks and Traces of Literary Commitment-On Iltizam as an Ongoing Intellectual Project / Yvonne Albers Albers, Yvonne, Georges Khalil Khalil, Georges, Friederike Pannewick Pannewick, Friederike 9

Part 1 Of Poetics and Politics: Revolution and Literary Commitment

The Egyptian Colloquial Poet as Popular Intellectual: A Differentiated Manifestation of Commitment / Randa Aboubakr Aboubakr, Randa 29

Rewriting Resistance: The Revival of Poetry of Dissent in Egypt after January 2011 (Surur, Najm and Dunqul) / Atef Botros Botros, Atef 45

Egyptian Narratives of the 2011 Revolution: Diary as a Medium of Reconciliation with the Political / Dina Heshmat Heshmat, Dina 63

Part 2 Roots of a Discourse: Historical Concepts of Literary Commitment

Beyond Commitment / Elias Khoury Khoury, Elias 79

The Intellectual Revolt of the 1950s and the "Fall of the Udaba'" / Yoav Di-Capua Di-Capua, Yoav 89

On the Trail of Frantz Fanon / Rachid Ouaissa Ouaissa, Rachid 105

Part 3 Refiguring Iltizam: Literary Commitment after 1967

Between Commitment and Marginalization: The 'Generation of the Sixties' in the Sadat Era / Stephan Guth Guth, Stephan 125

The Arabic Novel between Aesthetic Concerns and the Causes of Man: Commitment in Jabra Ibrahim Jabra and (Abd al-Rahman Munif / Sonja Mejcher-Atassi Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja 143

The Day the Wandering Dreamer Became a Fida'i: Jabra Ibrahim Jabra and the Fashioning of Political Commitment / Zeina G. Halabi Halabi, Zeina G. 157

The Afterlives of Iltizam: Emile Habibi through a Kanafaniesque Lens of Resistance Literature / Refqa Abu-Remaileh Abu-Remaileh, Refqa 171

You, The Sacrificial Reader: Poetics and Pronouns in Mahmoud Darwish's "al-Qurban" / Michael Allan Allan, Michael 185

Molding the Clay: Muzaffar al-Nawwabs Concept of Colloquial Poetry as Art of Resistance / Leslie Tramontini Tramontini, Leslie 201

Sargun Bulus's Commitment / Sinan Antoon Antoon, Sinan 213

From the Politicization of Theater to Individual Humanism: Towards a New Concept of Engagement in the Theater of Saadallah Wannous / Friederike Pannewick Pannewick, Friederike 221

Part 4 Commitment or Dissent? Contemporary Perspectives

Fiction of Scandal / Tarek El-Ariss El-Ariss, Tarek 237

On Affect and Emotion as Dissent: The Kifaya Rhetoric in Pre-Revolutionary Egyptian Literature / Christian Junge Junge, Christian 253

A Body of Dissenting Images: Kama! al-Riyahi's "Novel Al-Ghurilla Read as an Example of Engaged Literature from Tunisia / Charlotte Pardey Pardey, Charlotte 273

Narrating, Metaphorizing or Performing the Unforgettable? The Politics of Trauma in Contemporary Arabic Literature / Stephan Milich Milich, Stephan 285

Redeemed from Politics: Notions of Literary Legitimacy in the Lebanese Literary Field / Felix Lang Lang, Felix 303

The Empty Chair: On the Politics of Spectatorial Situatedness in the Performances of Rabih Mroué / Yvonne Alhers Alhers, Yvonne 317

Whatever Happened to Iltizam? Words in Arab Art after the Cold War / Hanan Toukan Toukan, Hanan 333.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783954900404

3954900408

OCLC:

931646373