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The Urban Gateway: Teaching the City in Modern Arabic Literature
- Author(s):
- Ghenwa Hayek (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Subject(s):
- Arabic literature, Literature, Modern, Middle Eastern literature, Middle East, Area studies
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Modern Arabic literature, Middle Eastern studies, Urban studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6VZ6T
- Abstract:
- This essay argues that spatial approaches to the teaching of the city in literary texts can elucidate the ways in which literature is a privileged form for thinking about and representing the concept of ‘cityness’, a term borrowed from urban studies. In the context of Arabic literature, a city-based approach can bring to light new, intersectional readings of familiar texts and contexts, such as the Lebanese civil war.
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- Published as:
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- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Pub. Date:
- 2017
- Book Title:
- Arabic Literature for the Classroom: Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts
- Author/Editor:
- Muhsin al-Musawi
- Chapter:
- The Urban Gateway: Teaching the City in Modern Arabic Literature
- Page Range:
- 156 - 170
- ISBN:
- 9781138211971
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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