The Unmaking of the Arab Intellectual: Prophecy, Exile and the Nation

by Zeina G Halabi

Book Overview

In this book Zeina G. Halabi examines the figure of the intellectual as prophet, national icon, and exile in contemporary Arabic literature and film. Staging a comparative dialogue with writers and critics such as Elias Khoury, Edward Said, Jurji Zaidan, and Mahmoud Darwish, Halabi focuses on new articulations of loss, displacement, and memory in works by Rabee Jaber, Elia Suleiman, Rawi Hage, Rashid al-Daif, and Seba al-Herz. She argues that the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474421393
• ISBN13: 9781474421393
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"