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The Modern Arabic Short Story

Shahrazad Returns

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Mohammad Shaheen

    1. University of Jordan, Jordan

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-7

  3. A Critical Study

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Situation of the Short Story

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 11-25

    3. Sindbad: The Other Voyage

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 26-70

    4. Shahrazad: The Eternal Perspective

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 71-78

    5. The Fallah’s Long Journey

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      Pages 79-87

    6. Conclusion

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      Pages 88-91

  4. A Selection of Texts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. The Death of Sindbad

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 95-98

    3. Sindbad the Porter

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 99-103

    4. Sindbad on His Eighth Voyage

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 104-113

    5. Abdullah Samsa in Waqwaq Island

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 114-118

    6. Sindbad

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 119-121

    7. Spring in the Ashes

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 122-125

    8. The Blue Charm and the Return of Jubaynah

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 126-129

    9. Abu-Zaid Al-Ghazzi, the School Teacher

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 130-133

    10. The Orphans’ Cow

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 134-137

    11. Abu-Zaid Surrenders

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 138-144

    12. Shatir Hassan and the Season of Drought

      • Mohammad Shaheen
      Pages 145-147
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About this book

Far from being social, orthodox or merely anecdotal, modern Arabic fiction is in fact significant and radical in the world context of modern fiction, as this book shows. It includes an introduction to and critique of the short story as well as a selection of Arabic short stories, chosen and translated by the author.
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  • University of Jordan, Jordan

    Mohammad Shaheen

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