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"In Arab-Jewish Literature: The Birth and Demise of the Arabic Short Story, Reuven Snir offers an account of the emergence of the art of the Arabic short story among the Arabized Jews during the 1920s, especially in Iraq and Egypt, its development in the next two decades, until the emigration to Israel after 1948, and the efforts to continue the literary writing in Israeli society, the shift to Hebrew, and its current demise. The stories discussed in the book reflect the various stages of the development of Arab-Jewish identity during the twentieth century and are studied in the relevant updated theoretical and literary contexts. An anthology of sixteen translated stories is also included as an appendix to the book. ""Highly recommended for academic libraries collecting in the areas of Arab-Jewish cultural history, diaspora and exile studies, and literary identity formations."" - Dr. Yaffa Weisman, Los Angeles, in: Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews 1.2 (2019)"

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Author:   Reuven Snir
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   63
Weight:   0.792kg
ISBN:  

9789004390676

ISBN 10:   9004390677
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   17 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface Transliteration (Arabic) Transliteration (Hebrew) Historical Background 1 Jews and Modern Arab Culture 2 First Literary Attempts 3 The Realistic Stage 4 After the Immigration 5 The Shift to Hebrew 6 Between Identity and Literature Epilogue: Fiction, Meta-Fiction, and History Appendix: Short Stories  I Between the Fangs of the Sea  I The Miserable Man  I Violette  V True Copy  V A Caravan from the Village  I His Tragedy, a Proverb  I The Schoolteacher  I The Artist and the Falafel  X Chivalry  X The Story of the Perforator  I The Cellar  I Sheikh Shabtāy  I A Dancer from Baghdad  V Iyya  V Prophecies of a Madman in a Cursed City  I Anā min al-Yahūd Authors and Books General Bibliography Index

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Reuven Snir is a professor of Arabic literature at the University of Haifa. His most recent books in English include Baghdad ― The City in Verse (2013), Who Needs Arab-Jewish Identity? (2015), and Modern Arabic Literature: A Theoretical Framework (2017).

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