The Arabic Novel: An Historical and Critical Introduction
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IntroductionPreface to the First EditionIntroduction to the First EditionAbbreviations1The Novel: Parameters of Definition12Early Developments in the Arabic Novel Tradition113The Period of Maturity52Political and Social Background52Decades of Realism65Principal Themes in the Modern Arabic Novel68Transformations in Fictional Perspective120The Writer, the Reader, and the Text1254Twelve Arabic Novels138Thartharah fawq al-Nil (Najib Mahfuz)140Ma tabaqqa la-kum (Ghassan Kanafani)147'Awdat al-ta'ir ila al-bahr (Halim Barakat)153Mawsim al-hijrah ila al-shamal (al-Tayyib Salih)159Ayyam al-insan al-sab'ah ('Abd al-hakim Qasim)167Al-Safinah (Jabra Ibrahim Jabra)177"Quartet" (Kanat al-sama' zarqa', Al-Mustanqa'at al-daw'iyyah, Al-Habl, and Al-Difaf al-ukhra) (Isma'il Fahd Isma'il)184Al-Zayni Barakat (Jamal al-Ghitani)195Al-Waqa'i al-gharibah fi-ikhtifa' Sa'id Abi al-nahs al-mutasha'il (Emile Habibi)209Al-Nihayat ('Abd al-rahman Munif)222Hikayat Zahrah (Hanan al-Shaykh)231Nazif al-hajar (Ibrahim al-Kuni)2445Conclusion259Glossary269Bibliography271Index297
\ BooknewsTraces how the novel germinated in the classical Arabic narrative tradition, developed into the modern genre before World War II and has evolved since then. Updated from the 1982 edition to include examples of novels published since then, emerging trends, and new critical perspectives. Considers only novels written in the Arabic language. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
