Zakariyya Tamir And The Politics Of The Syrian Short Story

Author : Alessandro Columbu
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755644123
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zakariyya Tamir and the Politics of the Syrian Short Story written by Alessandro Columbu and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zakariyya Tamir is Syria's foremost writer of short stories, and his works are widely read across the Arab world. In this, the first English language monograph on Tamir's entire oeuvre, Alessandro Columbu examines Tamir's literary development in the context of changing political contexts, from his beginnings as a short story writer on local magazines in the late 1950s until the Syrian revolution of 2011. Thus, the movements from independence and Western-inspired modernisation to the rise of nationalism and socialism; war, defeat, occupation in the 1960s; the emergence of authoritarianism and the cult of personality of Hafiz al-Assad in the 1970s are charted in the context of Tamir's works. Therein, the significance of masculinity and patriarchy and its changing nature in relation to nationalism and authoritarianism are revealed as Tamir's foremost vehicles for social and political critique. The role of female sexuality and its disrupting/empowering nature vis-à-vis patriarchal institutions is also explored, as is the question of literary commitment and the relationship between authors and the authoritarian regime of Syria; homosexuality and representations of unconventional sexualities in general.

Author : Zakaria TAMER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902932453
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaking Knees written by Zakaria TAMER and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unsentimental and brilliantly compressed, these sixty-three stories are the work of a virtuoso.

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520089440
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arabic Short Stories written by and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-12-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects twenty-four short stories by Arabic authors such as Bahaa Taher, Alifa Rifaat, and Edward El-Kharrat, which explore such themes as prostitution, adultery, and arranged marriage.

Author : Zakarīyā Tāmir
Publisher : London ; New York : Quartet Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tigers on the Tenth Day and Other Stories written by Zakarīyā Tāmir and published by London ; New York : Quartet Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satirical stories of Syria and the Arab world look at the abuse of power by men over women, the rich over the poor, and the strong over the weak.

Author : Sabry Hafez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories written by Sabry Hafez and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a key study text for students of Arabic language and literature.

Author : Zakarīyā Tāmir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902932460
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaking Knees written by Zakarīyā Tāmir and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Zeina Maasri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108487718
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosmopolitan Radicalism written by Zeina Maasri and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring visual culture, design and politics in 1960s Beirut, this compelling interdisciplinary study examines a critical period in Lebanon's history.

Author : Ronak Husni
Publisher : Saqi
ISBN 13 : 0863568866
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Arabic Short Stories written by Ronak Husni and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories collected here are by leading authors of the short story form in the Middle East today. In addition to works by writers already wellknown in the West, such as Idwar al-Kharrat, Fu'ad al-Takarli and Nobel Prize winner Najib Mahfuz, the collection includes stories by key authors whose fame has hitherto been restricted to the Middle East. This bilingual reader is ideal for students of Arabic as well as lovers of literature who wish to broaden their appreciation of the work of Middle Eastern writers. The collection features stories in the original Arabic, accompanied by an English translation and a brief author biography, as well as a discussion of context and background. Each story is followed by a glossary and discussion of problematic language points. 'Recommended' CHOICE

Author : Zakarīyā Tāmir
Publisher : Garnet Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaking Knees written by Zakarīyā Tāmir and published by Garnet Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with taboo subjects like religion and sexuality and expresses an urgently felt need for change. This book covers the topic of repression: of the individual by the institutions of state and religion and of individuals by each other, particularly women by men.

Author : Zakaria Tamer
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815655843
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sour Grapes written by Zakaria Tamer and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the Syrian neighborhood of al-Qaweyq, Sour Grapes is a collection of fifty-nine wry, satirical short stories loosely connected by a cast of rotating characters living at society’s margins. Tamer captures their everyday lives, weaving the attendant cruelties and ironies of living under an oppressive regime with the residents’ irreverence and small acts of defiance. Inspired by the heroines of Arab mythology, the women of al-Qaweyq navigate the patriarchal community with brash confidence and dark humor while the younger generation of children inherit a bitter cynicism from their fathers. Evoking under-ripened and immature fruit, the collection’s title serves as a bittersweet metaphor for a world that possesses the seeds of change but is unprepared for the harvest. Considered a master of the short story, Zakaria Tamer is one of the Arab world’s most prominent and widely read writers. Columbu and Capallera’s fluid translation gives English readers access to Tamer’s original and provocative voice.