Arabský román : vznik a vývoj uměleckého žánru (1830–1930)
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| Title: | Arabský román : vznik a vývoj uměleckého žánru (1830–1930) |
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| Description: | The book Arabic Novel: Origins and Development of the Literary Genre (1830–1930) deals with the formative years of the Arabic narrative writings in context of the nahda – the Renessaince of Arabic literature, culture and thought under Western influence. Based on an extensive study of original sources, the book hopes to contribute to a fuller more nuanced understanding of this important period in the development of Arabic literature and culture. Starting in the early nineteenth century, the book explores the key factors, both internal and external, that contributed to the rise and development of the Arabic novel, and examines the intellectual movement of the period which was the driving force behind the literary, humanist and educational activities. This book highlights the complexity of the literary nahda and offers a number of meaningful themes of the pre-modern and early modern Arabic literature. The first chapter focuses on the nahda – cultural and social conditions of the Arab enlightenment. The Arab-European encounter in the nineteenth century would be interpreted as a series of uneasy relationships with the West. The Arab authors and intellectuals have compared the decline of their societies with the accomplishments of Western civilisation. The realisation that his gap existed led to what has been termed the nahda – the Renaissance or Awakening of the Arabs. The writers used this term to designate the beneficial contribution of the West to the East, which began with Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. The nahda cannot be interpreted as a direct result of any certain significant event. The Muhammad ῾Alī's modernising programme for Egypt was undertaken to promote Arabic in schools and government institutions. It also dispatched Arab students missions to Europe, established European-style schools and encouraged translation activities. The second chapter deals with the typology of the Arabic novel genre and its development which would replicate the structures, styles, and generic purposes of the nineteenth-century European novel. The maqāma was a prose genre which had flourished within the thoroughly rhetoricized tradition of criticism during the preceding centuries. While the origins of the maqāma tradition were still the subject of literary and intellectual debate and the early stages of the nahda writers began to investigate the treasures of the past, the maqāma's genre was a particular focus of their attention. The third chapter concerns travelogues of Arab writers –'adab ar-rihla – to Europe. Their travelogues, both as a literary genre and as a mode of narrative construction, are divided into two general types. The first, following from certain institutional and utilitarian exigencies, is the reportage mode of travel writing. The second, reflecting the increasing consolidation of a literary field in degrees autonomous from the preceding systems of value, is characterized by an interiorization of the narrative process. The fourth chapter focuses on the relationship between the educational and entertaining novel in the narrative writings of Rifā῾a Rāfi῾a't-Tahtāwī, Jurjī Zaydān and Zaynab Fawwāz. In the book Takhlīs al-'ibrīz fī talkhīs Bārīz (The extraction of gold in the summing up of Paris) at-Tahtāwī recorded his observations on French life and thought in purposeful prose. During his mission in Paris at-Tahtāwī read works by Racine, Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu. His major literary translation of Fénelon's Télémaque appeared much later (1867); nevertheless it was during his stay in Paris that he studied the art of translation, and according to him he translated twelve works (obviously technological and historical rather than literary). The principal cause of the popularity of Zaydān's novels has been the style which made his works accessible to a wide audience. The fifth chapter deals with the Arabic novel as a critical literary image of the socie |
| Authors: | František Ondráš |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Arabic literature--History and criticism, Arabic fiction--1801---History and criticism |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / African |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The book Arabic Novel: Origins and Development of the Literary Genre (1830–1930) deals with the formative years of the Arabic narrative writings in context of the nahda – the Renessaince of Arabic literature, culture and thought under Western influence. Based on an extensive study of original sources, the book hopes to contribute to a fuller more nuanced understanding of this important period in the development of Arabic literature and culture. Starting in the early nineteenth century, the book explores the key factors, both internal and external, that contributed to the rise and development of the Arabic novel, and examines the intellectual movement of the period which was the driving force behind the literary, humanist and educational activities. This book highlights the complexity of the literary nahda and offers a number of meaningful themes of the pre-modern and early modern Arabic literature. The first chapter focuses on the nahda – cultural and social conditions of the Arab enlightenment. The Arab-European encounter in the nineteenth century would be interpreted as a series of uneasy relationships with the West. The Arab authors and intellectuals have compared the decline of their societies with the accomplishments of Western civilisation. The realisation that his gap existed led to what has been termed the nahda – the Renaissance or Awakening of the Arabs. The writers used this term to designate the beneficial contribution of the West to the East, which began with Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. The nahda cannot be interpreted as a direct result of any certain significant event. The Muhammad ῾Alī's modernising programme for Egypt was undertaken to promote Arabic in schools and government institutions. It also dispatched Arab students missions to Europe, established European-style schools and encouraged translation activities. The second chapter deals with the typology of the Arabic novel genre and its development which would replicate the structures, styles, and generic purposes of the nineteenth-century European novel. The maqāma was a prose genre which had flourished within the thoroughly rhetoricized tradition of criticism during the preceding centuries. While the origins of the maqāma tradition were still the subject of literary and intellectual debate and the early stages of the nahda writers began to investigate the treasures of the past, the maqāma's genre was a particular focus of their attention. The third chapter concerns travelogues of Arab writers –'adab ar-rihla – to Europe. Their travelogues, both as a literary genre and as a mode of narrative construction, are divided into two general types. The first, following from certain institutional and utilitarian exigencies, is the reportage mode of travel writing. The second, reflecting the increasing consolidation of a literary field in degrees autonomous from the preceding systems of value, is characterized by an interiorization of the narrative process. The fourth chapter focuses on the relationship between the educational and entertaining novel in the narrative writings of Rifā῾a Rāfi῾a't-Tahtāwī, Jurjī Zaydān and Zaynab Fawwāz. In the book Takhlīs al-'ibrīz fī talkhīs Bārīz (The extraction of gold in the summing up of Paris) at-Tahtāwī recorded his observations on French life and thought in purposeful prose. During his mission in Paris at-Tahtāwī read works by Racine, Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu. His major literary translation of Fénelon's Télémaque appeared much later (1867); nevertheless it was during his stay in Paris that he studied the art of translation, and according to him he translated twelve works (obviously technological and historical rather than literary). The principal cause of the popularity of Zaydān's novels has been the style which made his works accessible to a wide audience. The fifth chapter deals with the Arabic novel as a critical literary image of the socie |
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| ISBN: | 9788073087548 9788073087555 |
