The Modern Arabic Short Story: Shahrazad Returns

by Mohammad Shaheen

Overview

Far from being social, orthodox or merely anecdotal, modern Arabic fiction is in fact significant and radical in the world context of modern fiction, as this book shows. It includes an introduction to and critique of the short story as well as a selection of Arabic short stories, chosen and translated by the author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349077700
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Edition description:	1st ed. 1989
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mohammed Shaheen is Professor of English and Chairman of the English Department, University of Jordan.

Table of Contents

Preface - Introduction - PART 1 A CRITICAL STUDY - The Situation of the Short Story - Sindbad: The Other Voyage - Shahrazad's Perspective - The Fallah's Long Journey - Conclusion - PART 2 A SELECTION OF TEXTS - The Death of Sindbad; M.Aflaq - Sindbad the Porter; N.Surur - Sindbad on his Eighth Voyage; K.Hawi - Abdullah Samsa in Waqwaq Island; M.al Masannawi - The Sindbad from the Old Sorrows: Five Tales from the Arabian Nights; M.al-Mansi Qindil - Spring in the Ashes; Z.Tamir - The Blue Charm and the Return of Jubaynah; E.Habiby - Abu-Zaid al-Ghazzi, the School Teacher; I.al-Alam - The Orphans' Cow; M.Shukair - Abu-Zaid Surrenders; S.Makkawi - Shatir Hassan and the Season of Drought; A.Haniyyah - The Beast; N.Khulusi - Vocabulary List - Bibliography - Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviews of previous edition

'Shaheen does well to draw attention to the increasingly close links which have developed between poetry and the short story, both in their use of myth and folklore, and in the general development of the language of literature. These translations have genuine literary quality, and those of Kahlil Hawi's poem and Zakariyya Tamir's Spring in the Ashes deserve special plaudits'. - Dr Robin Ostle, St John's College Oxford for The Times Higher Education Supplement 10.11.89

'This book has important positive features: Professor Shaheen has avoided writing a conventional critical survey, raised vital literary critical issues, and commented on specific texts'. - The Journal of Semitic Studies Vol.36, No.1, Spring 1991.

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