About this literary studies
Trials of Arab Modernity : Literary Affects and the New Political by Tarek El-Ariss is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity--which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation--this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy. In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Tarek El-Ariss
- Publisher
- Modern Language Initiative
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780823252350
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- History, Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25