NOVEL ZAYNAB: BETWEEN ARAB TRADITIONALISM AND EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM Cover Image

ROMAN ZAYNAB IZMEĐU ARAPSKOG TRADICIONALIZMA I EVROPSKOG ROMANTIZMA
NOVEL ZAYNAB: BETWEEN ARAB TRADITIONALISM AND EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM

Author(s): Azra Kapetanović
Subject(s): Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Islamski pedagoški fakultet Univerziteta u Zenici
Keywords: naḥḍa; Arabic novel; romanticism; literary genre; individualism;

Summary/Abstract: Novel Zaynab by Egyptian author Muḥammad Ḥusayn Haykal has become a subject of interest for Arab and Western European scholars in the field of literature. This novel is interesting and important in many aspects, one of them being a skillful blend of traditional Arab literary heritage and European Romanticism elements Haykal presented in this novel. Thus, individuality as one of the most important elements will be emphasized, which in a broader context marks the awakening of national consciousness and the formation of a new image of the Arab society. This work highlights the most significant stances of Arab and Western critics of this novel, points out its literary and artistic elements with a particular emphasis on the elements of ancient classical Arab literature and European Romanticism, comparing them to the classical literary works of the two civilizations.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 453-470
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bosnian