Teaching Modern Arabic Literature in Translation
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, Middle Eastern, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Study & Teaching
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781603293167 | |
| Publisher: | The Modern Language Association of America | Publication: | February 1, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Modern Language Association of America | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781603293167 |
| Publisher: | The Modern Language Association of America |
| Publication: | February 1, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Modern Language Association of America |
| Language: | English |
Understanding the complexities of Arab politics, history, and culture has never been more important for North American readers. Yet even as Arabic literature is increasingly being translated into English, the modern Arabic literary tradition is still often treated as other--controversial, dangerous, difficult, esoteric, or exotic. This volume examines modern Arabic literature in context and introduces creative teaching methods that reveal the literature's richness, relevance, and power to anglophone students.
Addressing the complications of translation head on, the volume interweaves such important issues such as gender, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the status of Arabic literature in world literature. Essays cover writers from the recent past, like Emile Habiby and Tayeb Salih; contemporary Palestinian, Egyptian, and Syrian literatures; and the literature of the nineteenth-century Nahda.
Understanding the complexities of Arab politics, history, and culture has never been more important for North American readers. Yet even as Arabic literature is increasingly being translated into English, the modern Arabic literary tradition is still often treated as other--controversial, dangerous, difficult, esoteric, or exotic. This volume examines modern Arabic literature in context and introduces creative teaching methods that reveal the literature's richness, relevance, and power to anglophone students.
Addressing the complications of translation head on, the volume interweaves such important issues such as gender, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the status of Arabic literature in world literature. Essays cover writers from the recent past, like Emile Habiby and Tayeb Salih; contemporary Palestinian, Egyptian, and Syrian literatures; and the literature of the nineteenth-century Nahda.
