Le corps dans le roman des écrivaines syriennes contemporaines
Subtitle: dire, écrire, inscrire la différence
By: par Martina Censi
Series: Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World -- 4; Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world -- v. 4.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9789004311312; 9789004315259
Subjects: Arabic fiction; History and criticism; Women authors; Human body in literature
Description: In 'Le Corps dans le roman des écrivaines syriennes contemporaines', Martina Censi explores the representation of the body in a selection of Arabic novels published (between 2004 and 2011) by six Syrian women authors. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, which combines analysis of the literary texts with Feminist Criticism and Gender Studies, Censi demonstrates that, by focusing on the representation of female and male bodies, these novelists deal not only with feminist issues related to women's emancipation. The author reveals that they also engage in a broader analysis concerning the status of the individual in contemporary Syrian society. Marked by their unique difference, the characters&#x92; bodies become the symbolic location for the negotiation between individual and collective claims.0.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-188) and index.