Arab literature and society: an issue to be renewed. The case of 'Nahda' ; Littérature arabe et société : une problématique à renouveler. Le cas de la "nahda"
The fall in so-called 'literary' studies can be explained by the dominance in these studies of research on traditional texts. The orientalist approach continues to prevail, with a focus on texts coming from the Arab world but written in French. Most of the work is still based on an old problem, which poses a break between old and modern literature, which is due to the imitation of western productions. Without much reflection on their methodology, the analyses are based on naïve sociology of the texts, favouring their political dimension at the expense of their aesthetic characteristics. In order to break these gaps, it would be necessary to address new approaches which recognise, as a starting point, the profound restructuring of the literary field at the time of the Arab Renaissance (Nahda), in an explanatory purpose which is no longer dominated by the Western paradigm while remaining attentive to the 'acculturation to the printing of work in these societies'. With a view to this new symbolic economy, the first stories of the Arabic printed book should be extended, compared to its readership, to the written market and the new 'literary fact' that allows the birth of the modern Arabic writer. Breaking with the literary doxa which dominates the assessment of works would be possible through better knowledge of their reception and social uses. ; International audience ; The fall in so-called 'literary' studies can be explained by the dominance in these studies of research on traditional texts. The orientalist approach continues to prevail, with a focus on texts coming from the Arab world but written in French. Most of the work is still based on an old problem, which poses a break between old and modern literature, which is due to the imitation of western productions. Without much reflection on their methodology, the analyses are based on naïve sociology of the texts, favouring their political dimension at the expense of their aesthetic characteristics. In order to break these gaps, it would be necessary to address ...
