“resistance literature” is a new term in iranian literature with subject of their islamic revolution and their sacred defense (related to the war iraq imposed iran from 1980 up to 1988). there are many poets who have being worked in this field and their names are listed in relevant books and encyclopedias. this article is to prove that the late farshidvard was one of the pioneer activists again...

During the first two decades of 21st century an increasing amount narratives termed as Arabic dystopian fiction appeared on literary scene, with a greater part authored by Egyptian writers. However, what characterises/marks work dystopia? This paper investigates nature selection works within frame narrative tradition. The article begins introducing features traditional dystopias they will be us...

Abstract This chapter offers a discussion of three texts by bicultural Egyptian writers: Waguih Ghali’s Beer in the Snooker Club (1964), Radwa Ashour’s Specters (1999), and Miral al-Tahawy’s Brooklyn Heights (2010). The works are read via an autofictional lens, with focus on identity, threads, autofictionalizing experience. study suggests that autofictionality can be identified terms genre as w...

tawfigh al-hakim is a contemporary egyptian playwright who is known as the father of arabic playwriting. he felt the need to search about the human character and its dimensions, so, this issue, has been the major them in his plays. through benefiting from humanistic theories in some western literary and philosophical schools, he has combined them with religious issues and eastern mythology to i...

the calling of the ancient characters in modern arabic poem that inspires the poets needs some more researches to clear the content of the odes. this paper attempts to study the influence of the ancient characters in the poem of the famous contemporary egyptian poet, amal donqol (1941-1983). the poet tries to taking advantage from three techniques: name, role and speech. in his poem and change ...

along with the beginning of novel and short story writing in persian and urdu languages various literary movements like realism, social realism and surrealism overshadowed the contemporary literature of iran and pakistan. modern prose of persian and urdu consists of great assets from novels and short stories, and their considerable background . during various periods of the growth and prosperit...

Although literature and humor are two distinct areas, they complete each other. Indeed, this paper aims to examine the use of as a tool resistance subversion in contemporary Middle Eastern fiction Egyptian novelist Hamdi Abu Golayyel’s al-Fāʿil (2008) Luṣūṣ mutaqāʿidūn (2002). In particular, strives re-evaluate main elements such satire, puns quibbles. It highlights their on thematic, stylistic...