• The Urban Gateway: Teaching the City in Modern Arabic Literature

    Author(s):
    Ghenwa Hayek (see profile)
    Date:
    2017
    Subject(s):
    Arabic literature, Literature, Modern, Middle Eastern literature, Middle East, Area studies
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Modern Arabic literature, Middle Eastern studies, Urban studies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6VZ6T
    Abstract:
    This essay argues that spatial approaches to the teaching of the city in literary texts can elucidate the ways in which literature is a privileged form for thinking about and representing the concept of ‘cityness’, a term borrowed from urban studies. In the context of Arabic literature, a city-based approach can bring to light new, intersectional readings of familiar texts and contexts, such as the Lebanese civil war.
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    Publisher:
    Routledge
    Pub. Date:
    2017
    Book Title:
    Arabic Literature for the Classroom: Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts
    Author/Editor:
    Muhsin al-Musawi
    Chapter:
    The Urban Gateway: Teaching the City in Modern Arabic Literature
    Page Range:
    156 - 170
    ISBN:
    9781138211971
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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