Aesthetic of Revolution in Filcb - Mahfouz 1952 1967

Informationen zum Autor Nathaniel Greenberg is assistant professor of English at Northern Michigan University. Klappentext This bookexamines the impact of revolution on one of the great literary minds of the twentieth century: Naguib Mahfouz. Concentrating on the years following the 1952 Free-Officers' Coup that brought an end to British colonialism in Egypt, this book analyzes Mahfouz's turn to screenplay writing, and examines the significance of that transition. Zusammenfassung This book examines the impact of revolution on one of the great literary minds of the twentieth century: Naguib Mahfouz. Concentrating on the years following the 1952 Free-Officers’ Coup that brought an end to British colonialism in Egypt, this book analyzes Mahfouz’s turn to screenplay writing, and examines the significance of that transition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Aesthetic of Revolution circa 1952Chapter One: Criminality and the Public Sphere: Notes on a Post-Revolutionary Aesthetics of Film (1953-1957)Chapter Two: The Aesthetic of Revolution in NaGuib Mahfouz's Children of the AlleyChapter Three: The Criminal Inclinations of the Good Society: Naguib Mahfouz and the 1960sChapter Four: Partial Politics: Sectarianism and the New Woman Question in Naguib Mahfouz's Post-Revolutionary Film and LiteratureConclusion: Mahfouz's Wheel

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Nathaniel Greenberg, Greenberg Nathaniel
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.08.2014
• EAN: 9780739183694
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8369-4
• Pages: 142
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, ART / Film & Video, Politics & government, Literature: history & criticism, Middle Eastern history, Electronic, holographic & video art, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt