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Author : Guy Amirthanayagam
Release : 1982-06-18
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 433/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Writers in East-West Encounter by : Guy Amirthanayagam
Download or read book Writers in East-West Encounter written by Guy Amirthanayagam. This book was released on 1982-06-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rasheed El-Enany
Release : 2006-04-18
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 981/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Arab Representations of the Occident by : Rasheed El-Enany
Download or read book Arab Representations of the Occident written by Rasheed El-Enany. This book was released on 2006-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the first books in English to explore Arab responses to Western culture and values in modern Arab literature. Through in-depth research El-Enany examines the attitudes as expressed mainly through works of fiction written by Arab authors during the twentieth, and, to a lesser extent, nineteenth century. It constitutes an original addition to the age-old East-West debate, and is particularly relevant to the current discussion on Islam and the West. Alongside raising highly topical questions about stereotypical ideas concerning Arabs and Muslims in general, the book explores representations of the West by the foremost Arab intellectuals over a two-century period, up to the present day, and will appeal to those with an interest in Islam, the Middle East, nationalism and the so-called ‘Clash of Civilizations’.
Author : King-Kok Cheung
Release : 2000-02-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 163/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Words Matter by : King-Kok Cheung
Download or read book Words Matter written by King-Kok Cheung. This book was released on 2000-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this age of rapid transition, Asian American studies and American studies in general are being reconfigured to reflect global migrations and the diverse populations of the United States. Asian American literature, in particular, has embodied the crisis of identity that is at the heart of larger academic and political debates surrounding diversity and the inclusion and exclusion of immigrant and refugee groups. These issues underlie the very principles on which literature, culture, and art are produced, preserved, taught, and critiqued. Words Matter is the first collection of interviews with 20th-century Asian American writers. The conversations that have been gathered here—interviews with twenty writers possessing unique backgrounds, perspectives, thematic concerns, and artistic priorities—effectively dispel any easy categorizations of people of Asian descent. These writers comment on their own work and speak frankly about aesthetics, politics, and the challenges they have encountered in pursuing a writing career. They address, among other issues, the expectations attached to the label "Asian American," the burden of representation shouldered by ethnic artists, and the different demands of "mainstream" and ethnic audiences.
Author : Sylvie Blum-Reid
Release : 2003
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 673/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis East-West Encounters by : Sylvie Blum-Reid
Download or read book East-West Encounters written by Sylvie Blum-Reid. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Franco-Asian film and literary productions in the context of France's colonial history. Includes analysis of such key film texts as Indochine, Cyclo and The Lover.
Author : Suzanne Conklin Akbari
Release : 2008-12-27
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 282/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West by : Suzanne Conklin Akbari
Download or read book Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West written by Suzanne Conklin Akbari. This book was released on 2008-12-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few figures from history evoke such vivid Orientalist associations as Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer whose accounts of the "Far East" sparked literary and cultural imaginations. The essays in Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West challenge what many scholars perceived to be an opposition of "East" and "West" in Polo's writings. These writers argue that Marco Polo's experiences along the Silk Road should instead be considered a fertile interaction of cultural exchange. The volume begins with detailed studies of Marco Polo's narrative in its many medieval forms (including French, Italian, and Latin versions). They place the text in its material and generic contexts, and situate Marco Polo's account within the conventions of travel literature and manuscript illumination. Other essays consider the appropriation of Marco Polo's narrative in adaptations, translation, and cinematic art. The concluding section presents historiographic and poetic accounts of the place of Marco Polo in the context of a global world literature. By considering the production and reception of The Travels, this collection lays the groundwork for new histories of world literature written from the perspective of cultural, economic, and linguistic exchange, rather than conquest and conflict.
