Writers and Nations - The Case of American and Saudi Literatures

Writers and Nations compares American and Saudi literatures and defines the concept of the nation and its relevance to literature. It facilitates the comparative study of American and Saudi writers within the context of each nation's history and the emergence of their respective national literatures.

List of contents

Part I: A Hypothesis of Inscribing the Nation
Chapter I: Introduction: Nation and Literature
Chapter II: Contextualizing U.S and Saudi Nations and Literatures
Part II: Reading the Nation
Chapter III: Politics and the Nation
Chapter IV: Religion and the Nation
Chapter V: Women and the Nation
Chapter VI: Race and the Nation
Conclusion: The Evolution of the Nation

About the author

Mohammed Ghazi Alghamdi is assistant professor of Comparative Literature at King Saud University.

Summary

Writers and Nations compares American and Saudi literatures and defines the concept of the nation and its relevance to literature. It facilitates the comparative study of American and Saudi writers within the context of each nation’s history and the emergence of their respective national literatures.

Product details

• Authors: Mohammed Ghazi Alghamdi
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781793650832
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-083-2
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Literature: history and criticism