Arabic science fiction / Ian Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Ian, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Studies in global science fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, Arabic--History and criticism.

Science fiction, Arabic.

Physical Description:

xi, 322 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Summary:

This book traces the roots of Arabic science fiction through classical and medieval Arabic literature, undertaking close readings of formative texts of Arabic science fiction via a critical framework developed from the work of Western critics of Western science fiction, Arab critics of Arabic science fiction and postcolonial theorists of literature. Ian Campbell investigates the ways in which Arabic science fiction engages with a theoretical concept he terms "double estrangement" wherein these texts provide social or political criticism through estrangement and simultaneously critique their own societies' inability or refusal to engage in the sort of modernization that would lead the Arab world back to leadership in science and technology.

Contents:

Chapter 1:Introduction

Chapter 2: Postcolonial Literature and Arabic SF

Chapter 3: Arabic SF: Definitions and Origins

Chapter 4: Criticism and Theory of Arabic SF

Chapter 5: Double Estrangement in Nihād Sharīf's The Conqueror of Time

Chapter 6: Continuity Within Rupture in Two Novels by Mucmafā Ma%mūd

Chapter 7: "Utopia" as a Critique of Utopia in babrī Mūsā's The Gentleman from the Spinach Field

Chapter 8: Male Gaze as Colonial Gaze in 'A%mad 'Abd al-Salām al-Baqqāli's The Blue Flood

Chapter 9: Mysticism and SF in lālib 'Umrān's Beyond The Veil of Time

Chapter 10: Inheritance and Intertextuality in a Three-Novel Series by lība 'A%mad Ibrāhīm

Chapter 11: Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Campbell, Ian, 1967- Arabic science fiction.

ISBN:

9783319914329

3319914324

OCLC:

1031338693