Readings in Syrian Prison Literature - The Poetics of Human Rights

"Readings in Syrian Prison Literature" is a comprehensive study of the contemporary genre of prison literature (adab al-sujun) produced by political detainees in Syria over the past five decades. It examines the intertwined relationships between prison writings, oppositional political movements in Syria, modern Arabic literary experimentalism, and global human rights discourse"--

About the author

R. Shareah Taleghani is assistant professor and director of Middle East studies at Queens College, City University of New York. She is a coeditor of Generations of Dissent: Intellectuals, Cultural Production, and the State in the Middle East and North Africa.

Summary

Prison literature has played an essential role in generating the “experimental shift” in Arabic literature since the 1960s. Taleghani's groundbreaking work explores prison writing's critical role in resistance movements in Syria, the evolution of Arabic literature, and the development of a global human rights.

Product details

• Authors: R Shareah Taleghani, R. Shareah Taleghani
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780815637158
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3715-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Contemporary Issues in the Mid; Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories