Politics and Palestinian Literature in Exile

ISBN: 9781784536558 出版年：2016 页码：272 Joseph Farag Bloomsbury Publishing

Despite, or even because of their tumultuous history, Palestinians are renowned for being prolific cultural producers, creatiArab worldworks of literature. In particular, the Palestinian short story stands out for its unique interplay between literary texts and the political and historical contexts from which they emerge. Palestinian Literature in Exile is the first English language study to explogenre. Joseph Farag employs an interdisciplinary approach to examine the political function of literary texts and the manner in which cultural production responds to crucial moments in Palestinian history. Drawing from the works of Samira Azzam, Ghassan Kanafani and Ibrahim Nasrallah, Farag traces developments in the short story to the pivotal events of what the Palestinians call the Nakba ('catastrophe'), Naksa ('defeat') and First Intifada ('uprising'). In analysing several as yet un-translated works, Farag makes an original contribution to the subject of exilic identity and subjectivity in Palestinian literature. Ththe opportunity to engage with literary works as well to learn from a literary account of history.It is a subject of interest for students and scholars literature and Middle East studies.