Transcending traditions : Thurayya al-Baqsami, a creative compilation - poetry, prose and paint / Barbara Michalak-Pikulska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michalak-Pikulska, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Arab--Kuwait--Biography.

Authors, Arab.

Artists--Kuwait--Biography.

Artists.

Short stories, Arabic--Kuwait.

Short stories, Arabic.

Baqṣamī, Thurayyā.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Krakow : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Transcending Traditions. Thurayya Al-Baqsami. A Creative Compilation - Poetry, Prose and Paint is an attempt to systemise Thurayya AI-Baqsami's literary creativity as well as examining the significance of her artistic work. Barbara Michalak-Pikulska is the Head of the Arabic Department of the Institute of Oriental Philology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She obtained her Ph.D. in Arabic Literature from the Jagiellonian University in 1994 and now she is professor of modern Arabic Literature.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Life Story; The Collection of Short Stories Al-'araq al-aswad (The Black Sweat); The Collection of Short Stories As-sidra (The Lotus Tree); The Collection of Short Stories Shumu' as-saradib (Cellar Candles); The Collection of Short Stories Rahil an-nawafiz (The Windows' Flight); Muzakkirat Fattuma al-kuwaytiyya as-saghira (Recollections of a Small Kuwaiti Fattuma); Literary Characters in Thurayya Al-Baqsami's Short Stories; The Style of Thurayya Al-Baqsami's Short Stories; The Image of War in the Eyes of Thurayya Al-Baqsami

Symbol and Painting in Thurayya Al-Baqsami's Creative OutputTradition, Modernity and Innovation in the Creativity of Thurayya Al-Baqsami; Fi kaffi 'usfura zarqa' (The Blue Sparrow on My Palm) - Thurayya Al-Baqsami's Poetical World; Conclusion

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2016).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

83-233-8480-0

OCLC:

815649843