ARABIC LITERATURE

During the course we will investigate the relationship between the idea of modernity and tradition in Arabic contemporary literature, throughout critic readings on the issue and the analysis of texts in original language.

1. - S. Selim, “The Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1880-1985”, Routledge, 2010;
2. - H. Elsadda, “Gender, Nation and the Arabic Novel”, Edinburgh University Press and Syracuse University Press, 2012;
3. B. Anderson, “Comunità immaginate”, Manifestolibri, 2009;