Cultural Identity in Arabic Novels of Immigration: A Poetics of Return

Wessam Elmeligi

Cultural Identity in Arabic Novels of Immigration: A Poetics of Return - 155 p., 24 cm

"Cultural Identity in Arabic Novels of Immigration: A Poetics of Return combines immigration and identity theories to re-examine the notion of migration in Arabic literature. The study discusses Arabic narratives from the 1100s to 2010, some of which have never been translated in English"--

9781793600974


Naguib Mahfouz
Taha Hussein
Miral Al-Tahawy
Suhayl Idris
Tayeb Salih
Mohammad Abdul Wali
Sonallah Ibrahim
Reem Bassiouney


Arabic novels--Migration--Egypt--Lebanon--Sudan--Yemen
Arabic novels--Cultural identity--Egypt--Sudan--Yemen--Lebanon
Arabic novels--Nationalism--Egypt--Lebanon--Yemen--Sudan
Arabic novels--Poetics of return--Egypt--Lebanon--Sudan--Yemen
Arabic novels--Islamic hijra