Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel
Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel Through a close-reading of a corpus of novels featuring young protagonists in their path toward adulthood, the book shows how Bildungsroman impacted the formation of…
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Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel
Through a close-reading of a corpus of novels featuring young protagonists in their path toward adulthood, the book shows how Bildungsroman impacted the formation of the Egyptian narrative. It focuses on Latifa Zayyat's masterpiece The Open Door and the novels of the 90es Generation, offering a gender-based analysis of the Egyptian Bildungsroman. On a larger scale, the book helps the reader to understand the key role played by the coming of age novel in the definition and perception of modern Arab subjectivity.Exploring the role of Bildungsroman in shaping the canonical Egyptian novel, the book discusses the case of Zaynab by Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1913) as an example of early Arab Bildungsnarrative.
The study shows how the stories of youth present universal themes It provides insightful readings about the function of the novel in women's re-negotiation of social boundaries.
Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel
History of the Bildungsroman
Human Rights and the Arab Spring
The Arab Uprisings
Arab and Jew
Der deutsche Bildungsroman
The United Arab Emirates
Deceit, Desire, and the Novel
The Arab of Mesopotamia