Brotherly Letters: A Literary Study of the Correspondences of Moroccan and Tunisian Male Writers (Early 20th Century)

Mariam Dalhoumi

Brotherly Letters: A Literary Study of the Correspondences of Moroccan and Tunisian Male Writers (Early 20th Century)

Göteborgs universitet

Forskningsoutput: Avhandling › Doktorsavhandling (monografi)

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Den här avhandlingen analyserar en korpus av publicerade personliga brev från första halvan av 1900-talet skrivna av manliga författare från Marocko och Tunisien. Studiens övergripande syfte är att undersöka och identifiera de publicerade brevens litterära egenskaper (genius) och estetiska autonomi (egenvärde) med hjälp av en narratologisk och stilistisk metod som fokuserar på
intertextualitet och brevtexternas narratologiska nivåer (berättarteknik och
berättelsevärld).
Studiens brevkorpus, vars tidsperiod sträcker sig från år 1929 till 1945, har skapats från två verk: al-Illighiyyāt (‘Skrifter från Illigh’) (1963) av den
marockanska författaren Muḥammad al-Mukhtār al-Sūsī och Rasāʾil al-Shābbī (‘al-Shābbīs brev’) (1966) av den tunisiska författaren Muḥammad al-Ḥulaywī.
Modern brevkonst är ett understuderat område i modern arabisk litteraturforskning. Såväl studiens maghribinska material som studiens litteraturvetenskapliga ingång till detta material utgör ett nytt bidrag till forskningen om modern arabisk litteratur.
Analysen utgår från ett textcentrerat perspektiv för att kunna framkalla brevtexternas fulla potential av mångfaldiga litterära egenskaper och teman.
Analysen tillämpar även ett genusperspektiv som ämnar bidra med nyanserade och
divergerande bilder av manlighet och manlig homosocialitet till det begynnande fältet av maskulinitetsforskning inom arabisk litteratur.
Avhandlingen är uppdelad i tre delar. I den första delen behandlas det arabiska
brevets bakgrund och historia – såväl förmodern som modern – samt dess formella poetik. I den andra delen presenteras och diskuteras studiens primärmaterial liksom urvalsprocessen för detta material samt analysens teoretiska ramverk och
metod.
Avhandlingens tredje del presenterar analysen av studiens brevkorpus, vilken inleds med en utförligare introduktion till brevskrivarna i deras historiska
kontext. Avhandlingen avslutas med en diskussion av studiens resultat och en sammanfattning.
Studien visar hur brevtexternas litterära kvalitéer och estetiska autonomi kan bestyrkas och erfaras genom deras världskapande material (berättelsevärldar) och
kreativa approprieringar av inhemska och icke-inhemska litterära traditioner och
konventioner. Studien visar också på dynamiska och mångsidiga bilder av maskulinitet och manlig vänskap och känslosamhet som utmanar kulturella och
rasifierade kategorier av manlighet och monolitiska narrativ därom.

Originalspråk	engelska
Kvalifikation	Doktor
Tilldelande institution	Göteborgs universitet
Handledare	Rooke, Tetz, handledare, Extern person Al Saadi, Tania, Biträdande handledare, Extern person
Tilldelningsdatum	2022 apr. 29
Utgivningsort	Gothenburg
Förlag	Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis
ISBN (tryckt)	978-91-7963-099-7
ISBN (elektroniskt)	978-91-7963-100-0
Status	Published - 2022
Externt publicerad	Ja

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