TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,Roger
TI  - The Arabic novel: an historical and critical introduction 
SN  - 081562641X (alk. paper)
AV  - PJ 7577 A425a 1995
U1  - 892.736 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Syracuse, N.Y.
PB  - Syracuse University Press
KW  - Arabic fiction
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Novela árabe
KW  - Literatura árabe
KW  - 20160800
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-295) and index; Preface to the First Edition / C.E. Bosworth --  1. The Novel: Parameters of Definition --  2. Early Developments in the Arabic Novel Tradition --  3. The Period of Maturity. Political and Social Background. Decades of Realism. Principal Themes in the Modern Arabic Novel. Transformations in Fictional Perspective. The Writer, the Reader, and the Text --  4. Twelve Arabic Novels. Thartharah fawq al-Nil / Najib Mahfuz. Ma tabaqqa la-kum / Ghassan Kanafani. 'Awdat al-ta'ir ila al-bahr / Halim Barakat. Mawsim al-hijrah ila al-shamal / al-Tayyib Salih. Ayyam al-insan al-sab'ah / 'Abd al-hakim Qasim. Al-Safinah / Jabra Ibrahim Jabra. "Quartet" (Kanat al-sama' zarqa', Al-Mustanqa'at al-daw'iyyah, Al-Habl, and Al-Difaf al-ukhra) / Isma'il Fahd Isma'il. Al-Zayni Barakat / Jamal al-Ghitani. Al-Waqa'i al-gharibah fi-ikhtifa' Sa'id Abi al-nahs al-mutasha'il / Emile Habibi. Al-Nihayat / 'Abd al-rahman Munif. Hikayat Zahrah / Hanan al-Shaykh. Nazif al-hajar / Ibrahim al-Kuni --  5. Conclusion
N2  - This edition includes new material on the Arabic novel up to 1993. It is a survey of the Arabic novel and its development from its beginnings in the 19th century until today. It traces the origin, early cultivation and the mature period after World War II of the Arabic novel
ER  -