Can I read Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel: Egyptian Intersections (Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies) on EtoBox?

Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel: Egyptian Intersections (Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies) by Maria Elena Paniconi is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel: Egyptian Intersections (Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies) about?

"Through a close-reading of a corpus of novels featuring young protagonists in their path toward adulthood, the book shows how Bildungsroman impacted the formation of the Egyptian narrative. On a larger scale, the book helps the reader to understand the key role played by the coming of age novel in the definition and perception of modern Arab subjectivity. Exploring the role of Bildungsroman in shaping the canonical Egyptian novel, the book discusses the case of Zaynab by Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1913) as an example of early Arab Bildungsnarrative. It focuses on Latifa Zayyat's masterpiece The Open Door and the novels of the 90es Generation, offering a gender-based analysis of the Egyptian Bildungsroman. It provides insightful readings about the function of the novel in women's re-negotiation of social boundaries. The study shows how the stories of youth present universal themes such as the thwarted quest for love, the struggle for personal fulfilment, the desire to achieve a cultural modernity often felt as "other than self". The book is a journey in the Twentieth Century Egyptian Novel, seen through the lens of the transnational form of Bildungsroman. It is a key resource to stude

Who reads Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel: Egyptian Intersections (Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies)?

Author

Maria Elena Paniconi

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351357241

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism