Readings in Syrian Prison Literature
Subtitle: The Poetics of Human Rights
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780815637066
Description: ""Readings in Syrian Prison Literature" is a comprehensive study of the contemporary genre of prison literature (adab al-sujun) produced by political detainees in Syria over the past five decades. It examines the intertwined relationships between prison writings, oppositional political movements in Syria, modern Arabic literary experimentalism, and global human rights discourse"--