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The Resource Focus on Egypt, Ernest N. Emenyonu, editor

Focus on Egypt, Ernest N. Emenyonu, editor

Label
Focus on Egypt
Title
Focus on Egypt
Statement of responsibility
Ernest N. Emenyonu, editor
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Creativity has flourished in Egypt, a historically important and strategically located North African country and a leading nation in the Arab world. The main focus in this volume is to examine Egyptian writers, especially those whose works have enriched African Literature through their depiction of historical, cultural and socio-political forces such as Naguib Mahfouz, Yusuf Idris, Nawal El Saadawi, Ahdaf Soueif, Tawfiq al-Hakim and Alifa Rifaat (Fatimah Rifaat). Writing in both Arabic and the English language, their thematic concerns have been as versatile as they have been controversial. Nawal El Saadawi provides a Foreword to the volume and an interview. This volume also includes a non-themed section of Featured Articles and a Literary Supplement." -- publisher's website
Member of
Cataloging source
AUW
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1939-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Emenyo̲nu, Ernest
Series statement
African literature today
Series volume
35
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African literature
  • Egyptian literature
  • Egypt
Label
Focus on Egypt, Ernest N. Emenyonu, editor
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Foreword / Nawal El Saadawi. -- Editorial Article: "Is Egypt in Africa, Professor?" / Ernest N. Emenyonu. -- Coping with a Failed Revolution : Basma Abdel, Aziz Nael Eltoukhy, Mohammed Rabie & Yasmine el Rasgidi / John C. Hawley. -- The Complications of Reading Egypt as Africa : Translation & Magdy el-Shafee's Metro / James M. Hodapp and Deema Nasser. -- Narratives of the "Nubian Awakening" : Reclaiming Egypt's African Identity / Christine Gilmore. -- Frantz Fanon's Conceptualization of Decolonization in Sonallah Ibrahim's The Committee / Temitope Abisoye Noah. -- Romance as Epistemological Aesthetic in the Fiction of Ahdaf Soueif / F. Fiona Moolla. -- Literature as Prophecy : Re-Reading Yusuf Idris's The Cheapest Nights / Eunice Ngongkum. -- Travel & Discovery : Hopes for a New Egypt in Mohamed Salmawy's Butterfly Wings / Kelvin N. Toh. -- The Symbolic Relevance of the Use of the Eye in Nawal El Saadawi's Two Women in One & God Dies by the Nile / Razinat T. Mohammed. -- African Epics : A Comparative Study of Sundiata & Al-Sirah al-Hilaliyyah / Khalid Abouel-lail. -- Conversations with Nawal El Saadawi : Feminism, Dissidence, Patriarchy & Contemporary Egyptian Literature. Online Interview / Nawal El Saadawi. -- Little Magazines & the Development of Modern African Poetry / Mathias Iroro Orhero. -- Locating African and Diaspora Literature in the Global Context / Tomi Adeaga. -- The Postcolonial Writer & the Existential Ordeal / Nduka Otiono. -- "My Mother (Nawal El Saadawi)" : poem / Mona Helmy. -- "And the Stars Beckoned" : short story / Nadia Wassef. -- "Hijack in Hurghada" : travelogue / Razinat T. Mohammed. -- "Childless" : short story / Kalapi Sen. -- "The President's Change Agent" : short story / Akachi Ezeigbo. -- In Memoriam : Professor Isidore O. Okpewho, 1941-2016 / Chiji Akoma. -- Reviews [Edited by Obi Nwakanma]
Control code
1018485191
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xviii, 319 pages
Isbn
9781847011718
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1018485191
Label
Focus on Egypt, Ernest N. Emenyonu, editor
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Foreword / Nawal El Saadawi. -- Editorial Article: "Is Egypt in Africa, Professor?" / Ernest N. Emenyonu. -- Coping with a Failed Revolution : Basma Abdel, Aziz Nael Eltoukhy, Mohammed Rabie & Yasmine el Rasgidi / John C. Hawley. -- The Complications of Reading Egypt as Africa : Translation & Magdy el-Shafee's Metro / James M. Hodapp and Deema Nasser. -- Narratives of the "Nubian Awakening" : Reclaiming Egypt's African Identity / Christine Gilmore. -- Frantz Fanon's Conceptualization of Decolonization in Sonallah Ibrahim's The Committee / Temitope Abisoye Noah. -- Romance as Epistemological Aesthetic in the Fiction of Ahdaf Soueif / F. Fiona Moolla. -- Literature as Prophecy : Re-Reading Yusuf Idris's The Cheapest Nights / Eunice Ngongkum. -- Travel & Discovery : Hopes for a New Egypt in Mohamed Salmawy's Butterfly Wings / Kelvin N. Toh. -- The Symbolic Relevance of the Use of the Eye in Nawal El Saadawi's Two Women in One & God Dies by the Nile / Razinat T. Mohammed. -- African Epics : A Comparative Study of Sundiata & Al-Sirah al-Hilaliyyah / Khalid Abouel-lail. -- Conversations with Nawal El Saadawi : Feminism, Dissidence, Patriarchy & Contemporary Egyptian Literature. Online Interview / Nawal El Saadawi. -- Little Magazines & the Development of Modern African Poetry / Mathias Iroro Orhero. -- Locating African and Diaspora Literature in the Global Context / Tomi Adeaga. -- The Postcolonial Writer & the Existential Ordeal / Nduka Otiono. -- "My Mother (Nawal El Saadawi)" : poem / Mona Helmy. -- "And the Stars Beckoned" : short story / Nadia Wassef. -- "Hijack in Hurghada" : travelogue / Razinat T. Mohammed. -- "Childless" : short story / Kalapi Sen. -- "The President's Change Agent" : short story / Akachi Ezeigbo. -- In Memoriam : Professor Isidore O. Okpewho, 1941-2016 / Chiji Akoma. -- Reviews [Edited by Obi Nwakanma]
Control code
1018485191
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xviii, 319 pages
Isbn
9781847011718
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1018485191

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