Arabic Science Fiction
Synopsis
Provides a nuanced and comprehensive study of Arabic science fiction.
Contributes to postcolonial literary studies, genre studies and Arabic literature.
Extends research on global 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 science fiction and postcolonial theorists of literature. Ian Campbell investigates the ways in which Arabic science fiction engages with a theoretical concept he terms “double estrangement” wherein these texts provide social or political criticism through estrangement and simultaneously critique their own societies’ inability or refusal to engage in the sort of modernization that would lead the Arab world back to leadership in science and technology.
- कॉपीराईट:
- 2015 Ian Campbell
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319914336
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Date of Addition:
- 2018-05-31T23:05:23Z
- भाषा:
- English
- श्रेणी:
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.