Trials of Arab modernity : literary affects and the new political / Tarek El-Ariss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

El-Ariss, Tarek.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Arabic literature.

Arabic literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Literature, Experimental--Arab countries--History and criticism.

Literature, Experimental.

Modernism (Literature)--Arab countries.

Modernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity—which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation—this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa’a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy. In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Translation and Transliteration

1. Introduction

2. Fantasy of the Imam

3. Aversion to Civilization

4. Staging the Colonial Encounter

5. Majnun Strikes Back

6. Hacking the Modern

7. Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780823252350

0823252353

9780823252367

0823252361

9780823252800

0823252809

9780823251735

082325173X

OCLC:

847623349