Identity in Literary Output and Cultural Life in Oman
Identity in Literary Output and Cultural Life in Oman
Author(s): Barbara Michalak-PikulskaSubject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Recent History (1900 till today), Sociology of Culture, Theory of Literature, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Oman; literature; prose; poetry; identity;
Summary/Abstract: Article entitled Identity in Literary Output and Cultural Life in Oman is a kind of Introduction in showing the beginnings of the cultural activities through establishing Cultural Clubs and newspapers in Oman in 20th century. It presents names of Omani prose writers and poets dealing with Identity in their literary output. Among them: Abū Muslim al-Bahlānī, Abū Surūr Ḥamīd al-Ğāmi‘ī, ‘Abd Allah aṭ-Ṭā’ī, Ḥamad ibn Rashīd ibn Rāšid and others. For them identity became one of the aims in their literary output to define history, language, culture and religion.
Journal: Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
- Issue Year: 14/2019
- Issue No: Spec. Iss.
- Page Range: 143-151
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English