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Naguib Mahfouz is the Arab world's best-known writer and the single most important chronicler and analyst of twentieth-century Egypt. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988, and since then his work has been increasingly studied in North American university classrooms. This first volume in the MLA series Approaches to Teaching World Literature to focus on an Arab author or Arabic literature provides an introduction to Mahfouz. In part 1, "Materials," the editors discuss Mahfouz's background, influence, and critical reception. In part 2, "Approaches," the volume's contributors offer information, resources, and insights for teaching his work. Topics covered include the Arabian Nights tradition in Mahfouz's work, the challenge of teaching Mahfouz in English translation, the Nasserite intellectual in The Beggar, the image of Alexandria in Miramar, the bitterness of British occupation in Midaq Alley, and the quest of Sufism in "Zaabalawi."

Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, --- Study and teaching.

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Authors, Egyptian --- Biography --- Interviews --- Mahfuz, Najib, --- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb,

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Can a writer help to bring about a more just society? This question was at the heart of the movement of al-adab al-multazim, or committed literature, which claimed to dominate Arab writing in the mid-twentieth century. By the 1960s, however, leading Egyptian writers had retreated into disillusionment, producing agonized works that challenged the key assumptions of socially engaged writing. Rather than a rejection of the idea, however, these works offered reinterpretation of committed writing that helped set the stage for activist writers of the present.

Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, --- Idrīs, Yūsuf --- Ibrāhīm, Ṣunʻ Allāh --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Religion in literature. --- Religion dans la littérature --- Mahfuz, Najib, --- Religion dans la littérature --- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, --- Arabic Literature --- Egypt --- Islam --- 20th Century --- Criticism

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"Naguib Mahfouz is one of the most important writers in contemporary Arabic literature. Winner of the Nobel Prize in 1988 (the only Arab writer to win the prize thus far), his novels helped bring Arabic literature onto the international stage. Far fewer people know his nonfiction works, however--a gap that this book fills. Bringing together Mahfouz's early nonfiction writings (most penned during the 1930s) which have not previously been available in English, this volume offers a rare glimpse into the early development of the renowned author. As these pieces show, Mahfouz was deeply interested in literature and philosophy, and his early writings engage with the origins of philosophy, its development and place in the history of thought, as well its meaning writ large. In his literary essays, he discusses a wide range of authors, from Anton Chekhov to his own Arab contemporaries like Taha Hussein. He also ventures into a host of important contemporary issues, including science and modernity, the growing movement for women's rights in the Arab world, and emerging ideologies like socialism--all of which outline the growing challenges to traditional modes of living that we saw all around him. Together, these essays offer a fascinating window not just into the mind of Mahfouz himself but the changing landscape of Egypt during that time, from the development of Islam to the struggles between tradition, modernity, and the influences of the West." -- Publisher's description

Philosophy, Arab. --- Arabic literature. --- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Middle Eastern literature --- North African literature --- Arab philosophy --- Arabic philosophy --- Philosophy, Arabic --- Maḥfūẓ, Najīb --- Mahfouz, Naguib --- Mahfuz, Nagib --- Mahfuz, Naguib --- Mahfouz, Nadjib --- Mahfouz, Najib --- Machfus, Nagib --- Mahfoez, Nagieb --- Maḥfūẓ, Nağīb