Feminism and avant-garde aesthetics in the Levantine novel / Kifah Hanna.

"Feminism and Avant-Garde Aesthetics in the Levantine Novel examines the aesthetics of existentialism, critical realism, and surrealism in contemporary feminist literature in the Levant. It focuses on the novels of the Syrian writer Ghadah al-Samman (b. 1942), the Palestinian Sahar Khalifeh (b. 1941...

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Main Author:	Hanna, Kifah, 1977- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:	Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world.
Subjects:	Sammān, Ghādah > Criticism and interpretation. Khalīfah, Saḥar > Criticism and interpretation. Barakāt, Hudá, > 1952- > Criticism and interpretation. Arabic literature > Women authors > History and criticism. Women authors, Arab > Arab countries > History. Feminist fiction, Arabic > History and criticism. Middle Eastern fiction > History and criticism. Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > Middle East. Feminism in literature. Existentialism in literature. Surrealism (Literature) LITERARY CRITICISM / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist. LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern. LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors.
Physical Description:	xv, 198 pages ; 23 cm.
Format:	Book