Description |
1 online resource |
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Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature |
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Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
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Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction: Egyptian Blogs Between Fiction and Autobiography; 1. Arabic Literature Goes Digital; 2. The Paratext of Egyptian Blogs; 3. Mixed Arabic as a Subversive Literary Style; 4. When Writers Activate Readers; 5. Bytes of Freedom: Fictionalized Bodies in the Egyptian Blogosphere; 6. Blogging a Revolution: From Utopia to Dystopia; Conclusion; List of Works Cited |
Summary |
Six years before the Egyptian revolution of January 2011, many young Egyptians had resorted to blogging as a means of self-expression and literary creativity. This resulted in the emergence of a new literary genre: the autofictional blog. Such blogs are explored here as forms of digital literature, combining literary analysis and interviews with the authors. The blogs analysed give readers a glimpse into the daily lives, feelings and aspirations of the Egyptian youth who have pushed the country towards a revolution. The narratives are also indicative of significant aesthetic and political developments taking place in Arabic literature and culture, giving an insight to the mindset of Arab youth in times of a cultural and political revolution |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Text in English with Arabic excerpts alongside translations |
Subject |
Blogs -- Egypt
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Bloggers -- Egypt
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Arabic literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern
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Arabic literature
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Bloggers
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Blogs
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Arabisch
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Internetliteratur
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SUBJECT |
Egypt -- History -- Protests, 2011-2013.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004490
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Subject |
Egypt
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Pepe, Teresa
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ISBN |
9781474434010 |
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1474434010 |
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9781474460231 |
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1474460232 |
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9781474434027 |
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1474434029 |
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