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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘Alī Muṣṭafā al-Miṣrāṭī’s story As-Sā’iḥāt al-ǧamīlāt wa-al-Ḥāǧǧ. Critical Analysis and Evaluation
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2001)
The story I am introducing here is As-Sā’iḥāt al-ǧamīlāt wa-al-Ḥāǧǧ (The beautiful female tourists and the Ḥāǧǧ), chosen from Al-Miṣrāṭī’s Al-Qird fī al-maṭār collection of stories. The reason behind my choice of this ...
Innovatory trends in modern Kuwaiti short story
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 1994)
Kuwaiti literature is very young and therefore the authors are also mostly young, only beginning their literary careers. Among these authors particularly intersting are: Laylā al-‘Uṯmān, Ṯurayyā al-Baqṣamī, Sulaymān aš-Šaṭṭī, ...
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 ...
Dark and bright sides of man’s life in Muḥammad al-Murr’s short stories
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2003)
Muḥammad al-Murr, a contemporary writer of the United Arab Emirates, was born in Dubayy, in 1954, where he grew up and completed the Secondary School. In the seventies he left for the United States where he studied at 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 ...
L’arabité au sein de la francophonie. Le cas de Tahar Ben Jelloun
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2000)
La littérature francophone du Maghreb, telle qu’elle se présente aujourd’hui, a fait son apparition en Afrique du Nord autour des années cinquante du XXe siècle en tant que fruit d’une greffe: celle de la langue française ...
The Secret Doors: Uncovering the History of Arab Women Writers
(Katedra Arabistyki i Islamistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2002)
According to Bouthaina Shaaban, professor of literature at Damascus University, the story of Arab women novelists reflects, in many ways, the story of most women in different disciplines. It is the story of abundant ...