Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of EnglishSUNY Press, 16 déc. 2004 - 181 pages This is the first book to explore the works of Muslim authors who write in English yet take their inspiration from Islam. Through close readings of novels and short stories by Salman Rushdie, Ahmed Ali, Attia Hosain, Nuruddin Farah, and others, Amin Malak reveals their aesthetic and discursive merits as well as their idiomatic and metaphorical enrichment of the English language. He explores the many implications of writing about one culture (and language) from within another, including the ambivalent attitudes many of these writers have toward English, a language associated with a colonial past yet adopted as a medium of artistic expression and a critical tool for demystifying and dealienating Muslims and their culture. Malak s analysis shows how Islam, as a critical identity signifier in the contemporary world, informs these texts discursive foundations and thus becomes crucial for understanding Islam. |
Table des matières
ONE Ahmed Ali and the Emergence of Muslim Fiction | 19 |
Nuruddin Farahs Close Sesame | 45 |
The Polemics | 91 |
Fatima | 113 |
Conclusion | 151 |
| 175 | |
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Adib Khan Africa Ahdaf Soueif Ahmed Ali's Aisha alien Allah Amal Amal's Anna Anna's articulated Asya Attia Hosain Azhari's becomes British characters civilization claim colonial complex contemporary context critical culture Deeriye Deeriye's depiction diary discourse diverse dominant Egypt Egyptian ethnic ethos European faith Farah's feminism feminist fiction foregrounds gender Gunny Sack Gurnah's harem Heinemann heroine hudud hybridity India intellectual Iqbal's Iqbalunnisa Islam Islamic Feminism Jussawalla language literary Literature London Mahfouz Mahound Mernissi Midnight's Children Moreover Muhammad Muslim narratives Muslim women Muslim writers narratives in English narrator narrator's neocolonial novel novelist Nuruddin Farah Ocean of Night Pakistan Paradise perspective political postcolonial privileged Prophet purdah Qur'an reference religion religious Rokeya roots Rushdie's Salman Rushdie Salman the Persian Satanic Verses sexual Significantly social story Sultana's Dream symbolic term tion tive tradition Trans Twilight in Delhi Uncle Aziz University Vassanji voice Western woman York Yusuf
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Arab, Muslim, Woman: Voice and Vision in Postcolonial Literature and Film Lindsey Moore Aucun aperçu disponible - 2008 |