Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel

Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Ziad Elmarsafy, Ziad Elmarsafy
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Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel

Sufi characters -- saints, dervishes, wanderers -- occur regularly in modern Arabic literature. A select group of novelists interrogates Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Al-Ghitany, Taher Ouettar, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Mahmud Al-Mas'adi and Tayeb Salih we see a strong intertextual relationship with the Sufi masters of the past, including Al-Hallaj, Ibn Arabi, Al-Niffari and Al-Suhrawardi. This relationship interrogates the limits of the creative self, individuality, rationality and all the possibilities offered by literature. In this dialogue with the mystical heritage, these novelists seek a way of preserving a self under siege from the overwhelming forces of oppression and reaction that characterised the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
2014, Edinburgh University Press
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Cover of: Sufism In The Contemporary Arabic Novel
Sufism In The Contemporary Arabic Novel
2012, Edinburgh University Press
Cover of: Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
2012, Edinburgh University Press
in English
Cover of: Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
2012, Edinburgh University Press
in English

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273

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OL37177437M
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9781299105720

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