Labyrinths, Intellectuals and the Revolution

The Arabic-Language Moroccan Novel, 1957-72
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24630-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g

Reihe: Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib

Labyrinths, Intellectuals and the Revolution traces the development of the postcolonial Arabic-language Moroccan novel from its roots in travel narratives and autobiography into its more mature period of stylistic and thematic diversity in the early 1970s. This study first undertakes an exploration of the political, social and artistic conditions under which the genre developed, then moves to close readings of each of the formative texts, grouped by theme. The analysis of these texts centers around their spatial practices: there is a tension between the labyrinthine space of the street, which deflects legibility, and the sacred interior within the blank walls, wherein a certain equality of gaze and power can be perceived.

Zielgruppe

All interested in modern Arabic literature, postcolonial literature, Moroccan history and politics, and Francophone Moroccan literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Über Autor(innen)

Campbell, Ian
Ian Campbell, Ph.D. (2003), Emory University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic at Georgia State University. He has published articles and book chapters on the Arabic-language Moroccan novel and administers a YouTube channel for intermediate Arabic students, Arabic Grammar Unpacked.