Vitality and Dynamism / edited by Kirstin Ruth Bratt, Youness M. Elbousty, Devin J. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bratt, Kirstin Ruth, editor.

Elbousty, Youness M., editor.

Stewart, Devin J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Other Title:

Vitality and Dynamism

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Post-colonial theory recognizes that European and American scholars have traditionally defined the themes that are of interest in literary criticism; in Moroccan studies, these themes have tended toward questions of migration, identity, secularism, and religious fanaticism-typically questions regarding Morocco in its relationships with colonizing nations. This book intends to re-define the themes of interest in Moroccan studies, looking toward more local themes and movements and relationships of sub-cultures and languages within Morocco. Questions in this volume regard concepts of the self, conflicting discourses, intersections of self-identity and community, and Moroccan reclamation of identity in the post-colonial sphere.

Contents:

Introduction. The Vitality of tradition / by Kirstin Ruth Bratt

How the West was won: the Arab conqueror and the serene Amazigh in Driss Chraïbi's La Mère du printemps / by Ziad Bentahar

Cultural encounter in Moroccan postcolonial literature of English expression / by Mohamed Elkouche

Intersections: Amazigh (Berber) literary space / by Daniela Merolla

Writing in the feminine: the emerging voices of francophone Moroccan women writers / by Touria Khannous

Tactile labyrinths and sacred interiors: spatial practices and political choices in Abdelmajid Ben Jalloun's Fí al-Tufúla and Ahmed Sefrioui's La boîte à merveilles / by Ian Campbell

Monstrous offspring: disturbing bodies in feminine Moroccan francophone literature / by Naima Hachad

Hegemonic discourse in Orientalists' translations of Moroccan culture / by Naima El Maghnougi

The countercultural, liberal voice of Moroccan Mohamed Choukri and its affinities with the American Beats / by Anouar El Younssi

Khatibi: a sociologist in literature / by Sam Cherribi and Matthew Pesce

Emigration and quest for identity in Laila Lalami's Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Akbib's 'The Lost Generation', and Fandi's Alien ... Arab ... and Maybe Illegal in America / by Ilham Boutob.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.