Marie-Christin Sawires-Masseli

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Arab American Novels Post-9/11: Classical Storytelling Motifs Against OutsidershipHardcover, 31 August 2018

Arab American Novels Post-9/11: Classical Storytelling Motifs Against Outsidership
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Part of Series
American Studies - A Monograph
Print Length
316 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Universitatsverlag Winter
Date Published
31 Aug 2018
ISBN-10
3825369218
ISBN-13
9783825369217

Description

In the aftermath of 9/11, Arab American writing surged. While there have been Arab American writers before, they tended to identify as American only and thus did not recur to Arab elements in their writing. Why did Arab American literature suddenly rise? What is its purpose? How do the novels deal with 9/11? How do authors portray their group's identity, how the group's position in US society? And how do they poeticize these questions? What sets them apart from mainstream literature? Many Arab American novels draw on well-known, classical Arab storytelling traditions. In how far do they adapt them? This study analyzes Diana Abu-Jaber's Crescent, Rabih Alameddine's 'The Hakawati', Laila Halaby's 'Once in a Promised Land', and Alia Yunis' 'The Night Counter'; and it answers the above questions by a close reading against the background of classical Arab elements, and by employing concepts of figurational sociology to analyze the poeticization of establishment and outsidership in the novels.

Product Details

Author:
Marie-Christin Sawires-Masseli
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
31 August 2018
Dimensions:
21.08 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm
Genre:
21st Century
ISBN-10:
3825369218
ISBN-13:
9783825369217
Language:
English
Location:
Heidelberg
Pages:
316
Weight:
439.98 gm

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