Modern Arabic Literature in Translation : A Companion

by Salih J. Altoma

• ISBN13: 9780863565977
• ISBN10: 0863565972
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2005-08-20
• Publisher: Al Saqi

Summary

This indispensible guide to modern Arabic literature in English translation features not only a comprehensive bibliography but also chapters on fiction, drama, poetry, and autobiography, as well as a special chapter on Iraq's Arabic literature. By focusing on Najib Mahfuz, one of Arabic Literature's luminaries, and on poetry--a major, if not the major genre of the region-- Altoma assesses the progress made towards a wider reception of Arabic writing throughout the western world.

Author Biography

Salih J. Altoma is Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. He has served as director of Middle Eastern Studies and chair of the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department. His many publications include The Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature (ed.) and On Arabic-Western Literary Relations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(1)
A Note on Transliteration and Footnotes	10	(1)
Introduction	11	(10)
Translating Najib Mahfuz: His Place in American Publications	21	(33)
Arabic as a `Linguistic Iron Curtain'	22	(4)
Mahfuz in American Publications	26	(4)
Bibliography	30	(24)
Part I: Pre-1988 Publications	31	(10)
Part II: Since 1988	41	(13)
Arabic Fiction, 1947--2003	54	(7)
1947--1967	54	(1)
1968--1988	55	(2)
1988--2003	57	(4)
Arabic Fiction in English Translation: A Chronological Bibliography, 1947--2003	61	(58)
Arabic Works in International Anthologies	91	(2)
Authors Index	93	(4)
Women Novelists	97	(1)
Translators Index	98	(5)
Titles Index	103	(10)
Publishers Index	113	(5)
Countries Index	118	(1)
Arabic Poetry: An Overview of Selected Anthologies	119	(15)
Bibliography	126	(1)
Pan-Arab Anthologies	126	(1)
Selected Regional Anthologies	127	(2)
Selected Anthologies of Poets	129	(5)
Arabic Poetry in International Anthologies: A Partial but Positive Representation	134	(17)
Bibliography	138	(13)
Arabic Drama	151	(10)
Bibliography	155	(6)
Anthologies and Collected Works	155	(2)
Individual Works	157	(4)
APPENDIX: Literary Autobiographies and Memoirs	161
Selected Interviews	163	(1)
Studies	164