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"After formulating a theoretical foundation for the sociology of narrative genres based on the work of Bakhtin, Foucault, Goldmann, Jauss and Said, this work challenges the widely held assumption that Arabic culture stagnated before its contact with the West at the beginning of the 19th century. Hafez traces the revival to the mid-18th century and follows its development throughout the Arab world, showing how the emergence of a new reading public with its distinct ""world view"" induced the process of the transformation and genesis of a new literary discourse. This is followed by a study of the dynamics of this process and an outline of the various stages of the formation and transformation of the new narrative discourse until it culminates in the production of a sophisticated and mature narrative."

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'Professor Hafez is a devoted and continuing student of the Arabic short story tradition...[his] bibliographical details and critical views have made valuable additions to our knowledge of the field.' Professor Roger Allen 'A highly competent survey of the Arabic short story from it's earliest...steps until 1930.' The Times Literary Supplement 'This particularly valuable study...makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the development of fictional narrative in the Arab world.' Digest of Middle East Studies 'A very pertinent and very complete analysis...A model of intelligence and scholarship.' Journal of Arabic Literature

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Sabry Hafez is a leading literary critics in the Arab World. He has published extensively in Arabic and English, with several books and numerous articles on the Arabic novel, the short story and drama. He is currently lecturer in Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies [University of London].

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