China in Arabic Novels

In: Chinese and Arab studies: ˜aṣ-œ Ṣīn wa'l-ʿālam al-ʿArabī, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 117-127

Abstract

Abstract
This research attempts to study China's image in contemporary Arabic novels through four modal novels: The Queen Kisses the Dragon Over its Mouth by Amin Zaoui from Algeria, The Fleet of the Sun by Ali Al-Hajri from Qatar, Trilogy of Beidaihe and Spring and Autumn by Hanna Mina from Syria. The researcher seeks to answer the following questions. How was China represented in these novels as others? And how did these novels represent the self? Also, how did these novels delineate the relationships between self and others, from the perspectives of individuals and societies, culturally, politically, and economically? How is the aesthetics of these novels established?