Tayeb Salih: Ideology and the Craft of FictionSyracuse University Press, 2003 M10 1 - 248 pages Undertaking a sustained interpretation of Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih's novels and short stories, this study focuses primarily on the ways in which his work depicts the clashing of Arab ideologies - that is, questions of tradition, modernity, imperialism, gender and political authority. |
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Abu Nuwas Abu Zayd African al-Khidr Arab world Asha l-Baytat Bandar Bandarshah becomes Beirut Bilal Blessed Day Cairo characters civilization colonial discourse conflict cultural Cypriot Date Palm Dau al-Beit Doum Tree dream DTWH Egypt English Europe European father gender grandfather Hajj Ahmad Handful of Dates Haneen identity ideology illusion imam Islamic Jean Mahjoub Mahjoub's gang marriage Maryam Meheimeed Meheimeed's Meryoud modern mosque Mustafa Sa'eed mystical Nahda narrative narrator Nasr Abu Zayd Ni'ma night Nile novella Othello parody patriarchal political postcolonial prayer protagonist Qur'an Rabab religious represents role Salih's Salih's fiction scene Season of Migration secular sense sexual Shaykh short stories slave social society spiritual Sudan Sudanese Sufi symbol Tahtawi Tayeb Salih things tion traditional translation Tree of Wad Umm Bab village voice Wad Hamid Cycle Wad Rayyes wahm Wedding of Zein Western woman women worldview writing WZOS Zein's