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Literature-Untamed element (A proposal of a typology of the modern Arabic prose)
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2007)
On the 30th of August 2006 Naǧīb Maḥfūẓ died-a legend and symbol of modern Arabic literature, so far the only Noble Prize winner (1988) in that field. For decades he had enriched literature with new novels, short stories ...
The Egyptian Dialect as an Expression of Linguistic Change in Arab Countries
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa, 2011)
In this article I am going to present the ways in which the Egyptian dialect renders social norms which are illustrated by the examples of expressions regarding human-to- human interaction. This provides an outline of the ...
Creationism in the Arabic drama
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1997)
Arabic drama as a collection of written texts belongs to the so-called “new” Arabic literature, which has been developing since the 19th century. Prior to this date, in the period of Arabic classical literature, only few ...
The Ways of Expression of Cultural Norms in the Egyptian Dialect
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa, 2011)
In this paper I am going to present the ways in which the Egyptian dialect renders social norms, which will be illustrated by the examples of expressions regarding human- to-human interaction. This provides an outline of ...
Mowa ciała: od jawnej do ukrytej
(Uniwersytet Warszawski, Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, 2016)
Świat arabski jest żywiołowy, jego mieszkańcy nie żałują gestów, ruchów i mimiki, przy pomocy których zwracają się nieustannie do otoczenia i rozmówców, dając upust emocjom. To zachowanie wynika z postawy ...
Złota kula spadająca do błękitnych wód (mitologia Al-Dżaziry)
(Ibidem, 2009)
Współcześnie antropolodzy chętnie widzą w mediach rodzaj nowoczesnej mitologii2, co oznacza, że światu potrzeba nowych wartości w starych, wypróbowanych formach. Fascynacja treścią przekazów i postaci medialnych, do granic ...
Search for identity in modern Arabic prose
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2004)
Bedouins in headscarves, men in jeans and suits, they all speak one Arabic language and search for their place in the world, uncertainly, bravely, with hope. This is a picture that comes up from the modern Arab prose that ...
Magic and realism of the desert (The prose of Ibrāhīm al-Kawnī)
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1995)
Many authors tried to explore the magic of the desert, but it was only the Libyan Ibrāhīm al-Kawnī who was able to introduce it to the literature on a larger scale. He was born in 1948, and began publishing in the 1970’s. ...
Space and time in the novels of ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān Munīf
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2003)
In his writings, ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān Munīf introduces the reader right into the middle of the Arab desert, which he portrays with passion and mastery, and he is lavish in giving us the expressive pictures of everyday toil and ...
Manly Myths in the Book of the Thousand and One Nights
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2001)
Many characters of the Book of the Thousand and One Nights, which came into being in the Middle Ages, have occupied a permanent place in culture and continue to enjoy popularity, both in the East and in the West. Sheherazade ...