Arabic Science Fiction
This book traces the roots of Arabic science fiction through classical and medieval Arabic literature, undertaking close readings of formative texts of Arabic science fiction via a critical framework developed from the work of Western critics of Western science fiction, Arab critics of Arabic scienc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | Studies in Global Science Fiction,
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| ISBN: | 9783319914336 |
| ISSN: | 2569-8826 |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1:Introduction
- Chapter 2: Postcolonial Literature and Arabic SF
- Chapter 3: Arabic SF: Definitions and Origins
- Chapter 4: Criticism and Theory of Arabic SF
- Chapter 5: Double Estrangement in Nihād Sharīf's The Conqueror of Time
- Chapter 6: Continuity Within Rupture in Two Novels by Muṣṭafā Maḥmūd
- Chapter 7: "Utopia" as a Critique of Utopia in Ṣabrī Mūsā's The Gentleman from the Spinach Field
- Chapter 8: Male Gaze as Colonial Gaze in 'Aḥmad 'Abd al-Salām al-Baqqāli's The Blue Flood
- Chapter 9: Mysticism and SF in Ṭālib 'Umrān's Beyond The Veil of Time
- Chapter 10: Inheritance and Intertextuality in a Three-Novel Series by Ṭība 'Aḥmad Ibrāhīm
- Chapter 11: Conclusion.