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Committed to disillusion : activist writers in Egypt in the 1960s-1980s / David F. DiMeo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DiMeo, David Fred, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006--Criticism and interpretation.
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb.
- Idrīs, Yūsuf--Criticism and interpretation.
- Idrīs, Yūsuf.
- Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʻ Allāh--Criticism and interpretation.
- Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʻ Allāh.
- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006.
- Arabic literature--Egypt--20th century--History and criticism.
- Arabic literature.
- Politics in literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 236 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Book jacket title: Committed to disillusion : activist writers in Egypt from the 1950s to the 1980s.
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Early Influences on Arabic Committed Literature 15
- The Theoretical Problem of Committed Literature 17
- The Soviet Legacy of Directed Literature 18
- Sartre's Call to Engagement in Post-War France 26
- Brecht and Lukács Debate Literature for Social Change 33
- Chapter 2 Al-Adab al-Multazim: A Distinctive Arabic Model of Committed Literature 41
- Commitment before Iltizam 41
- Iltizam in Arabic Literature 46
- An Arabic Model of Committed Literature 50
- Iltizam in the Nasser Era 54
- Committed Literature in the Sadat Era 59
- Chapter 3 Naguib Mahfouz: The Exemplar of Multazim Writing in a Period of Disillusion 63
- Early Influences 64
- Al-Adab al-Multazim in Practice: Mahfouz's A Beginning and an End 68
- A Dramatic Change in Style 80
- Inverting the Paradigm of Iltizam 88
- The Beggar 89
- Gossip on the Nile 93
- Karnak Café 99
- Wedding in the Dome 106
- Chapter 4 Yusuf Idris, a Writer of the Revolutionary Era 113
- The Multazim Writing of Yusuf Idris: "An Errand" 116
- A Turn from Realism 122
- "The Alif in al-Ahrar" 126
- The Black Policeman 136
- "The Aorta" 142
- "The Sunken Mattress" 145
- "The Piper Dies" 148
- Chapter 5 Sonnallah Ibrahim, Son of the Revolution 155
- That Smell 158
- August Star 167
- The Committee 173.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789774167614
- 9774167619
- OCLC:
- 919186764
- Publisher Number:
- 99969455050
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