Monumental space in the post-imperial novel an interdisciplinary study Rita Sakr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sakr, Rita, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Fiction.

Monuments in literature.

Public spaces in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York Continuum logo 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There has been a proliferation in recent scholarship of studies ofmonuments and their histories and of theoretical positions that shedlight on aspects of their meanings. However, just as monuments marktheir territory by attempting to ensure the existence of boundaries, sothese discourses set a boundary between their authority as platforms onwhich the interpretation of monumental space occurs and, in thisrespect, the different authority of the novel. This study crosses thisboundary by means of dynamic interdisciplinary movements betweenselected novels by James Joyce, Yukio Mishima, Rashid al-Da

Contents:

Reading monumental space at the crossroads of disciplines

"Broken pillars": counter-monumental tactics in James Joyce's Ulysses

Burning temples and falling empires: unraveling arsonists' dreams in Yukio Mishima's The temple of the golden pavilion

A history of violence: martyrs' square and the fractured space of memory in Rashid al-Daif's Dear Mr. Kawabata

Tabooed spaces of greatness and shame: monumentalization and the representation of terror and trauma in Orhan Pamuk's The black book and snow

Postscript post-2011: monumental space and the collapse of arab dictatorships

AbbreviationsList of Illustrations1. Reading Monumental Space at the Crossroads of Disciplines2. "broken pillars": Counter-Monumental Tactics in James Joyce's Ulysses3. Burning Temples and Falling Empires: Unraveling Arsonists' Dreams in Yukio Mishima's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion4. A History of Violence: Martyrs' Square and the Fractured Space of Memory in Rashid al-Daif's Dear Mr Kawabata5. Tabooed Spaces of Greatness and Shame: Monumentalization and the Representation of Terror and Trauma in Orhan Pamuk's The Black Book and SnowPostscript Post-2011: Monumental Space and the Collapse of Arab Dictatorships Selected BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786613380395

9781472542656

1472542657

9781283380393

1283380390

9781441166692

1441166696

OCLC:

769344383