A Brief Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature (En)

English
By: David Tresilian
Softcover
184 pp
Saqi Books, Beirut, 2008
13 x 20 cm
978-0-86356-405-5 / 9780863564055
Literary Studies

This brief introduction offers a unique overview, focusing on developments over the last fifty years. It provides a guide to the literary landscape, indicating the major landmarks in the shape of authors, ideas and debates.

The picture that emerges shows that the literature of the modern Arab worlds, Europe's closest neighbour, is not so far from us as we are sometimes encouraged to think.

A timely contribution to the dialogue between East and West, bringing modern Arabic literature into the mainstream for English-speaking readers.