Symbolism in the novels of Tawfiq Al-Hakim and V.S. Naipaul
Subtitle: a comparative study of literary techniques
By: Eman El-Meligi ; with a foreword by Nadya Chishty-Mujahid
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773430471
Subjects: Technique; Symbolism in literature; Archetype (Psychology) in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The use of archetypal symbolism. The use of archetypal symbolism in the novels of Tawfiq Al-Hakim: case studies of Return of the spirit and The sacred bond; title: The use of archetypal symbolism in the novels of V.S. Naipaul: case studies of A bend in the river and Mr. Stone and the knights companion; title: Tawfiq Al-Hakim and V.S. Naipaul's autobiographical novels as socio-political allegories. Tawfiq Al-Hakim's Diary of a country prosecutor; title: V.S. Naipaul's A house for Mr. Biswas and the mimic men; title: Symbolism of the narrative structure and technique of Tawfiq Al-Hakim and V.S. Naipaul's novels. Symbolism of the narrative structure and technique of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's Bird of the east, with references to The sacred bond and Hakim's donkey; title: Symbolism of the narrative structure and technique of Naipaul's novels: a case study of The enigma of arrival; title: Conclusion.