Vitality And Dynamism: Interstitial Dialogues of Language, Politics, and Religion in Morocco's Literary Tradition

Open Access Published by Leiden University Press 2014

Vitality And Dynamism

Interstitial Dialogues of Language, Politics, and Religion in Morocco's Literary Tradition

Edited by: Kirstin Bratt , Youness Elbousty and Devin Stewart

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789400601857

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"Anti-colonial literature is not necessarily ‘combat literature’ as Fanon and Déjeux have both suggested in their own writings. While it is often combative, there is also anti-colonial literature that emphasizes the human and the humane rather than the oppositional and contentious; it cannot be fair to label all anti-colonial literature as combative, even if one were to expand the definition of “combat” to include peaceful struggles against oppression or dehumanization. This book suggests that the relationship between the West and the rest of the world has been imagined as a relationship of Self (the West) to Other (the rest of the world), ordered and bordered geographically by the whims of Europeans and creating a Center-Periphery paradigm. These invented boundaries of humanity serve to separate geographical sites, but more, they serve to enclose the Empire and exoticize other cultures. Boundaries are often spatial, but more often, they are related to relationships and colonialization."

Author / Editor information

Bratt Kirstin :

Kirstin Ruth Bratt is a professor of English, English pedagogy, and developmental studies at Saint Cloud State University.Elbousty Youness :

Youness M. Elbousty is a professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department at Yale University.Stewart Devin :

Devin J. Stewart is a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Open Access Download PDF	9
Introduction: The Vitality of Tradition Kirstin Ruth Bratt Open Access Download PDF	11
Chapter 1 How the West Was Won: The Arab Conqueror and the Serene Amazigh in Driss Chraïbi’s La Mère du printemps Ziad Bentahar Open Access Download PDF	17
Chapter 2 Cultural Encounter in Moroccan Postcolonial Literature of English Expression Mohamed Elkouche Open Access Download PDF	35
Chapter 3 Intersections: Amazigh (Berber) Literary Space Daniela Merolla Open Access Download PDF	47
Chapter 4 Writing in the Feminine: The Emerging Voices of Francophone Moroccan Women Writers Touria Khannous Open Access Download PDF	73
Chapter 5 Tactile Labyrinths and Sacred Interiors: Spatial Practices and Political Choices in Abdelmajid Ben Jalloun’s Fí al-Tufúla and Ahmed Sefrioui’s La boîte à merveilles Ian Campbell Open Access Download PDF	95
Chapter 6 Monstrous Offspring: Disturbing Bodies in Feminine Moroccan Francophone Literature Naima Hachad Open Access Download PDF	115
Chapter 7 Hegemonic Discourse in Orientalists’ Translations of Moroccan Culture Naima El Maghnougi Open Access Download PDF	137
Chapter 8 The Countercultural, Liberal Voice of Moroccan Mohamed Choukri and Its Affinities with the American Beats Anouar El Younssi Open Access Download PDF	157
Chapter 9 Khatibi: A Sociologist in Literature Sam Cherribi and Matthew Pesce Open Access Download PDF	177
Chapter 10 Emigration and Quest for Identity in Laila Lalami’s Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits, Akbib’s ‘The Lost Generation,’ and Fandi’s Alien … Arab … and Maybe Illegal in America Ilham Boutob Open Access Download PDF	185
About the Authors Open Access Download PDF	193

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 196
Keywords: post-colonial literature; Literature; Morocco; Postcolonialism; religion

eBook

Published: September 1, 2014
ISBN: 9789400601857