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Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
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Sufi characters – saints, dervishes, wanderers – occur regularly in modern Arabic literature. A select group of novelists to interrogate Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Al-Ghitany, Taher Ouettar, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Mahmud Al-Mas’adi and Tayeb Salih we see a strong intertextual relationship with the Sufi masters of the past, including Al-Hallaj, Ibn Arabi, Al-Niffari and Al-Suhrawardi. This relationship becomes a means of interrogating the limits of the creative self, individuality, rationality and the manifold possibilities offered by literature, seeking in a dialogue with the mystical heritage a way of preserving a self under siege from the overwhelming forces of oppression and reaction that have characterised the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2012-11-12
- Mått156 x 234 x 21 mm
- Vikt550 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieEdinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature
- Antal sidor256
- FörlagEdinburgh University Press
- ISBN9780748641406