The Star, the Cross, and the Crescent - Religions and Conflicts in Francophone Literature from the Arab World

Informationen zum Autor By Carine Bourget Klappentext The Star, the Cross, and the Crescent examines how Francophone writers from the Maghreb and the Near East represent the intertwining of religion and politics in various disputes, such as the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Lebanese and Algerian civil wars, the affair of the Muslim headscarf in France, and 9/11. It analyzes fiction, films, comic books, autobiographical narratives, and essays from the Arab world against the backdrop of the current international political context of Islamic fundamentalism and Western prejudices against Islam. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Religion, Politics, and Literature in the Francophone Arab World Chapter 2 The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Amin Maalouf's Les Croisades vues par les Arabes and Les Echelles du Levant, Myriam Antaki's Les Versets du pardon Chapter 3 The Arab-Israeli Conflict Beyond the Middle East: Albert Memmi, Edmond Amran El Maleh, Farid Boudjellal, and Karin Albou Chapter 4 The Lebanese Civil War: Andrée Chédid's La maison sans racines and Evelyne Accad's L'Excisée Chapter 5 The Algerian Civil War: Rachid Boudjedra's Le FIS de la haine, Rachid Mimouni's De la barbarie en général et de l'intégrisme en particulier, and Une enfance algérienne Chapter 6 Islam and the French Republic: The Affair of the Muslim Headscarf in works by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Amin Maalouf, Albert Memmi, Leïla Sebbar, and Yamina Benguigui Chapter 7 Portrait of a Terrorist: Slimane Benaïssa and Salim Bachi's 9/11 Novels Chapter 8 The Politics of Translation: Francophone Literature from the Arab World in the U.S.

Product details

• Authors: Carine Bourget, John Smith
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2010
• EAN: 9780739126578
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2657-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France; After the Empire: The Francoph; After the Empire: The Francoph; After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France; After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures