Vitality and dynamism : interstitial dialogues of language, politics, and religion in Morocco's literary tradition /

Post-colonial theory recognizes that European and American scholars have traditionally defined the themes that are of interest in literary criticism; in Moroccan studies, these themes have tended toward questions of migration, identity, secularism, and religious fanaticism-typically questions regard...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Bratt, Kirstin Ruth (Editor), Elbousty, Youness M. (Editor), Stewart, Devin J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The Vitality of tradition / Kirstin Ruth Bratt
  • How the West was won : the Arab conqueror and the serene Amazigh in Driss Chraïbi's La Mère du printemps / Ziad Bentahar
  • Cultural encounter in Moroccan postcolonial literature of English expression / Mohamed Elkouche
  • Intersections : Amazigh (Berber) literary space / Daniela Merolla
  • Writing in the feminine : the emerging voices of francophone Moroccan women writers / Touria Khannous
  • Tactile labyrinths and sacred interiors : spatial practices and political choices in Abdelmajid Ben Jalloun's Fí al-Tufúla and Ahmed Sefrioui's La boîte à merveilles / Ian Campbell
  • Monstrous offspring : disturbing bodies in feminine Moroccan francophone literature / Naima Hachad
  • Hegemonic discourse in Orientalists' translations of Moroccan culture / Naima El Maghnougi
  • The countercultural, liberal voice of Moroccan Mohamed Choukri and its affinities with the American Beats / Anouar El Younssi
  • Khatibi : a sociologist in literature / Sam Cherribi and Matthew Pesce
  • Emigration and quest for identity in Laila Lalami's Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Akbib's 'The Lost Generation', and Fandi's Alien . Arab . and Maybe Illegal in America / Ilham Boutob.