Modern Language Association of America, an Imprint of Modern Language Association of America
The Arab Renaissance: A Bilingual Anthology of the Nahda: A Bilingual Anthology of the Nahda
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- Tarek El-Ariss
- Modern Language Association of America, an Imprint of Modern Language Association of America
- Paperback
- 9781603293037
- 8.4 X 5.5 X 1.3 inches
- 1.1 pounds
- Literary Collections > Middle Eastern
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
The Nahda (awakening) designates the project of Arab cultural and political modernity from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Arab models of nationalism and secularism, as well as Islamic revival, spring from Nahda thought and its attendant developments, such as linguistic reform; translation; the emergence of new literary genres, such as the novel; the creation of periodicals, journalism, and a new publishing industry; professional associations and salons; a new education system; and an overall Enlightenment ideal of knowledge. The Nahda ushered in innovative modes of reading and writing along with new social practices of knowledge transmission, transnational connections, and new political ideas.
Collected in this anthology are texts by intellectuals, writers, members of the clergy, and political figures. The authors discuss authority, social norms, conventions and practices both secular and religious, gender roles, class, travel, and technology. Presented in the original Arabic and in English translation, the texts will be of interest to students of the Arabic language and culture, history, cultural studies, gender studies, and other disciplines.
Author Bio
Tarek El-Ariss is the James Wright Professor at Dartmouth College and Guggenheim Fellow 2021-22.
Professor Ariss is trained in philosophy, comparative literature, and visual and cultural studies and works across disciplines and languages to examine notions of the subject, community, and modernity in Arabic culture, literature, and art.
His research interests include new media and cyber culture; literary theory and digital humanities; Nahda and modernity studies; travel writing and the war novel; sci-fi and utopia studies; 18th- and 19th-century French philosophy and literature; and gender and sexuality studies. He is author of Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political and Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age, and editor of the MLA anthology, The Arab Renaissance: A Bilingual Anthology of the Nahda.
Source: Dartmouth College
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