Construction of Marginalities and Narrative Imaginary in Mohamed - The Postcolony in Secrets and Intimacies

With a postcolonially-inflected concern, this book attempts to approach in an interdisciplinary manner a set of narratives that have not been previously explored in western academia. It offers a discussion about the aesthetic, discursive, and cultural implications of Zafz¿f 's works that rethink canonical formations of literary texts in Morocco.

List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Postcolonial Malaise in Narration and the Construction of Narrative Imaginary
1.Reflections on Narrative Development and the Enactment of Gender in Ar?ifah wa Judran [Sidewalks and Walls] (1974)
2.Rural Peripheries in Aborted Dreams and unterminated Desires: Human Tragedy, Coercive Power, and Social Coercion in Qobur fi al-ma? [Graves in the Water] (1978)
Part II: Narration through Episodes from the Margin: The Negotiation of Marginality and the Formation of Marginal Identities
3.Contested Terrains of Marginality Negotiated: Reinventing the Underground in Mu?awalat 'Aysh [Attempt to Live] (1985)
4.Textual Gates Reopened: Marginality across the Boundaries of Space, Class, and Gender in Bay?at Adik [The Rooster's Egg] (1984)
Part III: Random Strings of Encounter (Re)Imagined: Narrative Building and Characterization Remapped
5.Narrative Strings Unlaced: Character building through Narrative Encounters in Al-af'a wa al-Ba?r [The Viper and the Sea] (1979)

About the author

Lhoussain Simour is associate professor of English and cultural studies at Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco, and senior research associate at the University of Gibraltar.

Product details

• Authors: Lhoussain Simour, Simour Lhoussain
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781793645975
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-597-5
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Islam / History, Middle East, Politics & government, History of Religion, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Literature: history and criticism