Modern Arabic Literature: A Theoretical Framework

by Reuven Snir

Book Overview

The study of Arabic literature is blossoming. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to help research this highly prolific and diverse production of contemporary literary texts. Based on the achievements of historical poetics, in particular those of Russian formalism and its theoretical legacy, this framework offers flexible, transparent, and unbiased tools to understand the relevant contexts within the literary system. The aim...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474441254
• ISBN13: 9781474441254
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"