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Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel

Egyptian Intersections

By: Maria Elena Paniconi

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Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel

Egyptian Intersections

By: Maria Elena Paniconi

Through a close-reading of a corpus of novels featuring young protagonists in their path toward adulthood, the book shows how Bildungsroman impacted the formation of the Egyptian narrative. On a larger scale, the book helps the reader to understand the key role played by the coming of age novel in the definition and perception of modern Arab subjectivity. Exploring the role of Bildungsroman in shaping the canonical Egyptian novel, the book discusses the case of Zaynab by Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1913) as an example of early Arab Bildungsnarrative. It focuses on Latifa Zayyat’s masterpiece The Open Door and the novels of the 90es Generation, offering a gender-based analysis of the Egyptian Bildungsroman. It provides insightful readings about the function of the novel in women’s re-negotiation of social boundaries. The study shows how the stories of youth present universal themes such as the thwarted quest for love, the struggle for personal fulfilment, the desire to achieve a cultural modernity often felt as "other than self". The book is a journey in the Twentieth Century Egyptian Novel, seen through the lens of the transnational form of Bildungsroman. It is a key resource to students and academics interested in Arabic literature, comparative literature and cultural studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351357239

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ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī Between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate

With a Critical Edition of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid and its Persian version Zayn al-muʿtaqad li-zayn al-mu‘taqid

By: Giovanni Maria Martini

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ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī Between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate

With a Critical Edition of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid and its Persian version Zayn al-muʿtaqad li-zayn al-mu‘taqid

By: Giovanni Maria Martini

In ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate, Giovanni Maria Martini investigates the personality of a major figure in the socio-political and cultural landscape of Mongol Iran. In pursuing this objective, the author follows parallel paths: Chapter 1 provides the most updated reconstruction of Simnānī’s (d. 736/1336) biography, which, thanks to its unique features, emerges as a cross-section of Iranian society and as a microhistory of the complex relationships between a Sufi master, Persian elites and Mongol rulers during the Ilkhanid period; Chapter 2 contains a study on the phenomenon of Arabic-Persian diglossia in Simnānī’s written work, arguing for its socio-religious function; in Chapters 3 to 6 the critical editions of two important, interrelated treatises by Simnānī are presented; finally, Chapter 7 offers the first full-length annotated translation of a long work by Simnānī ever to appear in a Western language.

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BRILL

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9004356746

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9789004356740

Katini

By: Maria Samuela,Andrew Burdan,Miʻi Tangaroa

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Katini

By: Maria Samuela,Andrew Burdan,Miʻi Tangaroa

Story about two young girls, who are meeting each other for the first time (at a concert) although their mothers are sisters. There is a lot of fun and laughter, which brings the cousins closer together. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

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0790319462

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9780790319469

O Tauusoga

O Se Tala Atu Kuki Mai Niu Sila

By: Maria Samuela,Andrew Burdan,Myra Tautau,New Zealand. Ministry of Education

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O Tauusoga

O Se Tala Atu Kuki Mai Niu Sila

By: Maria Samuela,Andrew Burdan,Myra Tautau,New Zealand. Ministry of Education

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0790319497

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Ko e Ongo Tokoua

Ko Ha Talanoa Otu Motu Kuki Mei Nuu Sila

By: Maria Samuela,Andrew Burdan,Christine Nurminen,New Zealand. Ministry of Education

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Ko e Ongo Tokoua

Ko Ha Talanoa Otu Motu Kuki Mei Nuu Sila

By: Maria Samuela,Andrew Burdan,Christine Nurminen,New Zealand. Ministry of Education

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0790319470

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O Le Ie Ufi Moega Mo Ropati

O Se Tala Atu Kuki Mai Niu Sila

By: Maria Samuela,Jennifer Lautusi,Sarona Aiono-Iosefa

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O Le Ie Ufi Moega Mo Ropati

O Se Tala Atu Kuki Mai Niu Sila

By: Maria Samuela,Jennifer Lautusi,Sarona Aiono-Iosefa

A little girl helps her grandmother prepare a tivaevae for her uncle's wedding. Suggested level: junior, primary.

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0790303825

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9780790303826

I Am- Maria

By: Maria

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I Am- Maria

By: Maria

This is the story of my life interwoven with legends and other things that I found relevant. Child brutality, incest and witchcraft counterpoised with healing, beauty and things of the spirit. It will shock you, in part, enrich you, in part. You need not read the lot. Each part (there are 7) is complete

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0646171321

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Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel

Bildungsroman and the Arab Novel

ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī Between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate

ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī Between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate

Katini

Katini

O Tauusoga

O Tauusoga

Ko e Ongo Tokoua

Ko e Ongo Tokoua

O Le Ie Ufi Moega Mo Ropati

O Le Ie Ufi Moega Mo Ropati

I Am- Maria

I Am- Maria

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