ISBN:
9781399503235
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 443 pages)
Year of publication:
2023
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Śnir, Reʾuven, 1953 - Palestinian and Arab-Jewish Cultures
Keywords:
Arabic literature History and criticism 20th century
;
Jews in literature
;
Jews Identity
;
History
;
Judaism in literature
;
LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern
;
Arabisch
;
Literatur
;
Judentum
;
Juden
;
Identität
Abstract:
Studies Arabic literary production from the point of view of commitment and hybridization and the interactions between themDiscusses the role of the 1948 Nakba in shaping Palestinian culture and literaturePresents the contribution of Maḥmūd Darwīsh in the process of Palestinian nation-buildingSheds light on the emergence of Palestinian theatrical movementProvocatively rereads the history of Jewish involvement in Arabic literatureLaments the demise of Arab-Jewish culture following the clash between Zionism and Arab national movementPart of a two-volume set, this volume examines the issues of commitment and hybridization in Arabic literature concentrating on Palestinian literature and Arab-Jewish culture and the interactions between them. Reuvin Snir studies the contribution of Palestinian literature and theatre to Palestinian nation-building, especially since the 1948 Nakba. Becoming an essential part of the vocabulary of Arab intellectuals and writers, since the 1950s commitment (iltizām) has been employed to indicate the necessity for a writer to convey a message rather than merely create an imaginative work for its own sake. As for hybridization, the author focuses on the role Jews have played in Arabic literature against the backdrop of their contribution to this literature since the pre-Islamic period, and in light of the gradual demise of Arab-Jewish culture in recent years. The blending of elements from different cultures is one of the major phenomena in Arabic literature, certainly in light of its relationship with Islam and its cultural heritage, which has been extending during the last one-and-half millennia
Note:
Frontmatter
,
Contents
,
Preface
,
Acknowledgments
,
Technical Notes
,
Notes on Transliteration
,
Introduction
,
Part I Occupation, Domination, and Commitment
,
Introduction
,
Chapter 1 Performance: In the Service of the Nation
,
Chapter 2 Commitment: Verse Drama and Resistance
,
Chapter 3 Chronicle: The Ongoing Nakba
,
Chapter 4 Bilingualism: Palestinians in Hebrew
,
Part II Hybridization, Exclusion, and Demise
,
Introduction
,
Chapter 5 Pluralism: Arabs of Mosaic Faith
,
Chapter 6 Spring: “We Were Like Those Who Dream” Spring: “We Were Like Those Who Dream”
,
Chapter 7 Demise: The Last of the Mohicans
,
Chapter 8 Identity: Inessential Solidarities
,
Epilog “Trailed Travellers”: Between Fiction, Meta-Fiction, and History
,
References
,
Index
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781399503235
URL:
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