Beginning with the late-nineteenth-century cultural resurgence
and continuing through the present day, short stories and novels
have given voice to the personal and historical experiences of
modern Arabs. This anthology offers a rich and diverse selection of
works from more than one hundred and forty prominent Arab writers
of fiction. The collection reflects Arab writers' formal
inventiveness as well as their intense exploration of various
dimensions of modern Arab life, including the impact of modernity,
the rise of the oil economy, political authoritarianism,
corruption, religion, poverty, and the Palestinian experience in
modern times.
Salma Khadra Jayyusi, a renowned scholar of Arabic literature,
has included short stories and excerpts from novels from authors in
every Arab country. "Modern Arabic Fiction" contains writings
stretching from the pioneering work of late-nineteenth- and
early-twentieth-century authors to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz and
the stories of contemporary Arab writers. In addition to familiar
names such as Mahfouz, the anthology presents excerpts from writers
well known in the Arab world but just beginning to find an audience
in the West, including early twentieth century Christian Lebanese
writer Jurji Zaydan, whose historical epics were eye-openers for
generations of Arab readers to the achievements of medieval Islamic
civilization; Yusuf Idris's complex and brilliant portrait of
Egypt's poor; 'Abd al-Rahman Muneef's searing exploration of the
ecological and social impact of oil production; Palestinian writer
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra's sophisticated description of the dilemma's of
modern Arab intellectuals; and Jamal al-Ghitani's impressive
employment of mythical time and the continuity of the past in the
present.
Jayyusi provides biographical information on the writers as well
as a substantial and illuminating introduction to the development
of modern Arabic fictional genres that considers the central
thematic and aesthetic concerns of Arab short story writers and
novelists.
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