Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language

Informationen zum Autor Abdelfattah Kilito is an acclaimed Moroccan novelist, essayist, and critic. He has written several important works on classical Arabic literature, both in French and Arabic, many of which have been translated into numerous languages, including French, German, Spanish, Italian, and English. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the French Academy Award in 1996. Klappentext It has been said that the difference between and language and a dialect is that a language is a dialect with an army. Both the act of translation and bilingualism are steeped in a tension between surrender and conquest, yielding conscious and unconscious effects on language. Thou Shall Not Speak My Language explores this tension in his address of the dynamics of literary influence and canon formation within the Arabic literary tradition. As one of the Arab world's most original and provocative literary critics, Kilito challenges the reader to reexamine contemporary notions of translation, bilingualism, postcoloniality, and the discipline of comparative literature. Wail S. Hassan's superb translation makes Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language available to an English audience for the first time, capturing the charm and elegance of the original in a chaste and seemingly effortless style. Zusammenfassung The act of translation and bilingualism are steeped in a tension between surrender and conquest! yielding conscious and unconscious effects on language. First published in 2002! Abdelfattah Kilito's Thou Shall Not Speak My Language explores this tension in his address of the dynamics of literary influence and canon formation within the Arabic literary tradition.

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• Authors: Abdelfattah Kilito, Abdelfattah/ Hassan Kilito
• Assisted by: Wail Hassan (Translation), Waïl S Hassan (Translation), Wail S. Hassan (Translation), Waïl S. Hassan (Translation)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780815635604
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3560-4
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Middle East Literature in Tran; Middle East Literature in Tran; Middle East Literature in Translation
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Afrika, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, Literature - Classics / Criticism