Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11976
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: A THEME IN CONTEMPORARY ARABIC NOVELS
In: Middle Eastern studies, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 49-62
ISSN: 0026-3206
EXAMINES LITERARY TECHNIQUES SHARPENING THE CONCERN WITH THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY FOUND IN MODERN ARABIC FICTION. GIVES PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO WORKS BY EGYPTIAN YAHYA HAQQI, LEBANESE SUHAYL IDRIS, AND SUDANESE AL-TAYYIB SALIH. DESCRIBES VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE CULTURES OF THE EAST AND THE WEST, AND INDICATES WHAT THEY REVEAL ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES IN MODERNIZATION.