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The combination of classroom-friendly essays, to guide students through the set novels on Anglo-Arab literature courses, and sophisticated critical analyses of the major Anglo-Arab novelists for advanced scholars make this the ultimate, one-stop resource. The novel is a largely imported European genre, coming relatively late to the history of Arab letters. Subsequent years saw the flourishing of, first, Arabic novels, then the Francophone Arab novel.
In the last two decades, the Anglophone Arab novel has experienced a second coming: the focus of this collection. The publication of The Edinburgh Companion to the Arab Novel is significant, and for at least two reasons of equal importance. Firstly, as writers of Arab origins choose, for a variety of reasons, to pen their works in languages other than Arabic--in this case English, their particular contributions to world literature need to be assessed by a broader readership.
Secondly, this collection, carefully edited by Nouri Gana, brings together in a single volume the work of some of the very best comparative literature scholars, both well established and emerging, who have chosen to specialize in this increasingly important trans-cultural context.
This collection of authoritative essays represents the latest scholarship on topics relating to the themes, movements, and forms of English fiction. This collection of authoritative essays represents the latest scholarship on topics relating to the themes, movements, and forms of English fiction, while.
The essays are all marked by both their theoretical rigour and the clearly expounded close readings of the texts and authors upon which they focus exemplified by, but by no means limited to, Gana's own introductory chapter. The Companion is valuable addition to the relatively small but growing library of critical works devoted to this particular subfield of comparative literature studies.
A much needed and welcome anthology. Gana has collected an excellent range of essays of various critical approaches, all of them readable and insightful, as are his contextual contributions.
Highly recommended for classroom use. This large anthology constitutes a timely and significant contribution to this subfield of comparative literature. It establishes a genealogy of Anglo-Arab literature, which is neither linear nor final, linking novelists from various periods and places together into a constellation, and establishes a nuanced and transformative vision of the tradition.
It also invites further theoretical reflections, in particular regarding ethnicity, comparative literature, and the form of the novel. To date, it is the only collection dedicated solely to the study of the Anglophone Arab novel. In its geographical scope, it is far-reaching: its chapters cover Arab American, Arab Canadian, Arab Australian, and Arab European output by writers rigorously studied and theorized, such as Ameen Rihani and Ahdaf Soueif; pedagogically popular, such as Diana Abu Jaber and Laila Aboulela; literary but less established, such as Hisham Matar and Rawi Hage; and little theorized and little studied, such as Mona Simpson.
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Each essay includes references for further reading, making this particular Companion instructive and inspirational for both students and general readers. Comprises cutting-edge research currently being undertaken in the field, incorporating the most salient critical trends and approaches Explores the history, evolution, genres, and narrative elements of the English novel Considers the advancement of various literary forms — including such genres as realism, romance, Gothic, experimental fiction, and adaptation into film Includes coverage of narration, structure, character, and affect; shifts in critical reception to the English novel; and geographies of contemporary English fiction Features contributions from a variety of distinguished and high-profile literary scholars, along with emerging younger critics Includes a comprehensive scholarly bibliography of critical works on and about the novel to aid further reading and research. The Novel in Theory. Poor FR Leavis. A Character of Character in Five Metaphors. Paul EDT 0. A Companion to the English Novel.
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Comprises cutting-edge research currently being undertaken in the field, incorporating the most salient critical trends and approaches Explores the history, evolution, genres, and narrative elements of the English novel Considers the advancement of various literary forms - including such genres as realism, romance, Gothic, experimental fiction, and adaptation into film Includes coverage of narration, structure, character, and affect; shifts in critical reception to the English novel; and geographies of contemporary English fiction Features contributions from a variety of distinguished and high-profile literary scholars, along with emerging younger critics Includes a comprehensive scholarly bibliography of critical works on and about the novel to aid further reading and research.
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