The Meeting of East & West in Modern Arabic Literature

Henry Diab

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Abstract

The new contacts with the west reaffirmed the idea of interaction between the west and the Arab world. New literary works compared and contrasted the spirituality of the East with the materialism of the West - a theme that became a common one in modern Arabic literature.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Shipmaster : Selected articles presented in the 7th International Conference.
EditorsMoin Halloun
PublisherArabic Department/Bethlehem Univeristy
Pages27-35
Number of pages9
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Bibliographical note

The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Arabic (015016005)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Languages and Literature

Free keywords

  • Modern Arabic Literature
  • Napoleonic Expedition in Egypt
  • the Arab nahda
  • spiritual East & materialistic West
  • Bildnungsroman.

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