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- catalog abstract ""Taking as the basis of her study the premise that the boundaries of history and literature are difficult to define, and that the two disciplines represent related types of narrative discourse, Samia Mehrez examines the work of three leading contemporary Egyptian writers: the Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Gamal al-Ghitani. Mehrez delves into the relationship between history and narrative literature and shows that both attempt to transform 'reality' and 'life' into historical structures of meaning. By analyzing the works of these authors in terms of the relationship between authority and the production of narrative literature, she reveals a context in which literature becomes a kind of 'alternative' history - a discourse that comments not only on the history of a place but also on the creation of a narrative on history. As the author says in the Introduction, "The three writers whose careers and works are discussed in these chapters represent some of the most crucial contributions to the larger signifying entity that has engaged the Arab reader in many transformative ways. . . . The authors and their works provide an indispensable (hi)story of the literary field itself, mapping, through their own development as artistic producers, the history of the context which they inhabit and in which they produce"." -- Book cover.".
- catalog alternative "Essays on Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Gamal al-Ghitani".
- catalog contributor b8161405.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ""Taking as the basis of her study the premise that the boundaries of history and literature are difficult to define, and that the two disciplines represent related types of narrative discourse, Samia Mehrez examines the work of three leading contemporary Egyptian writers: the Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Gamal al-Ghitani. Mehrez delves into the relationship between history and narrative literature and shows that both attempt to transform 'reality' and 'life' into historical structures of meaning. By analyzing the works of these authors in terms of the relationship between authority and the production of narrative literature, she reveals a context in which literature becomes a kind of 'alternative' history - a discourse that comments not only on the history of a place but also on the creation of a narrative on history. As the author says in the Introduction, "The three writers whose careers and works are discussed in these chapters represent some of the most crucial contributions to the larger signifying entity that has engaged the Arab reader in many transformative ways. . . . The authors and their works provide an indispensable (hi)story of the literary field itself, mapping, through their own development as artistic producers, the history of the context which they inhabit and in which they produce"." -- Book cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Respected sir -- Sonallah Ibrahim and the (hi)story of the book -- Re-writing the city: the case of Khitat al-Ghitani -- Re-writing history: The Day the leader was killed by Naguib Mahfouz -- al-Zayni Barakat: narrative as history -- Sonallah Ibrahim's Dhat: the ultimate ojectification of the self.".
- catalog extent "x, 161 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "9774243250".
- catalog identifier "9774243307 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cairo, Egypt : The American University in Cairo Press,".
- catalog spatial "Egypt".
- catalog subject "892/.73609962 20".
- catalog subject "Arabic fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Arabic fiction Egypt History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Ghīṭānī, Jamāl Literary style.".
- catalog subject "Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʻ Allāh Literary style.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history.".
- catalog subject "Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006 Literary style.".
- catalog subject "PJ8212 .M44 1994".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Respected sir -- Sonallah Ibrahim and the (hi)story of the book -- Re-writing the city: the case of Khitat al-Ghitani -- Re-writing history: The Day the leader was killed by Naguib Mahfouz -- al-Zayni Barakat: narrative as history -- Sonallah Ibrahim's Dhat: the ultimate ojectification of the self.".
- catalog title "Egyptian writers between history and fiction : essays on Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Gamal al-Ghitani / by Samia Mehrez.".
- catalog title "Essays on Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah Ibrahim, and Gamal al-Ghitani".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "Ibrahim, Sonallah. swd".
- catalog type "text".