Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
מחניים; במה למחקר, להגות ולתרבות יהודית
Angaben zur Quelle:
1 (תשנב) 208-211
Keywords:
Arabic literature History and criticism
;
Antisemitism
;
Jewish-Arab relations
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Jews in literature
;
Judaism in literature
Abstract:
Surveys Arabic literature of the 20th century (mainly from Egypt). In the earlier part of the century Arab writers followed the Western style of thought and emphasized universal themes (e.g. Khalil Gibran, Taha Hussein, Tawfik al-Hakim). Writers who attempted to counter anti-Jewish propaganda early on were Lebanese-born Georgi Zeidan (1861-1914) who founded the Egyptian monthly journal "Al-Hilal", and his son Emil Zeidan. al-Hakim's play "Muhammad" (1936) presents proud Jews who contest Muhammad's accusations against them. Since 1950 there has been a nationalistic, religious, and restrictive trend among writers, who depict Jews in very antisemitic terms. Stereotypical images are borrowed from medieval Islamic works and from Christian antisemitic literature. In many works the distorted image was transferred from "the Jew" to "the Israeli" or "the Israeli soldier, " who is shown as pitiful, arrogant, cowardly, racist, devious, etc. States that only a few of the important contemporary Arab prose writers have depicted Jews in their works, and even then the Jews are marginal characters.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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