Early Arabic Drama

Klappentext This book traces the development of Arabic drama from the mid-nineteenth to the twentieth centuries. Zusammenfassung This book! originally published in 1988! traces the development of Arabic drama from its beginnings in Lebanon in the mid-nineteenth century to its maturity reached in Egypt in the second and third decades of the twentieth. The book is written in a manner accessible to the non-Arabist as no knowledge of Arabic is presupposed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The indigenous dramatic tradition; 2. The father of the modern Egyptian theatre: Ya'q¿b Sann¿'; 3. The Syrian contribution; 4. The search for Egyptian identity; Conclusion; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: M. M. Badawi, M.m. Badawi, Muhammad Mustafa Badawi, Badawi M. M., Badawi M. M.
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521131667
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13166-7
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Egypt, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Middle East, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Arabic, Theatre Studies, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Literary studies: plays and playwrights