A Poetics of Arabic Autobiography: Between Dissociation and Belonging - Paperback

by Ariel M. Sheetrit (Author)

This book examines the poetics of autobiographical masterpieces written by Leila Abouzeid, Hanan al-Shaykh, Samuel Shimon, Abd al-Rahman Munif, Salim Barakat, Mohamed Choukri and Hanna Abu Hanna. Sheetrit offers in-depth literary studies that expose each text's distinct strategy for life narrative.

Author Biography

Ariel M. Sheetrit (PhD, Harvard, 2007) is a lecturer in modern Arabic literature and Arabic film at the Open University of Israel. She has published many scholarly articles on Arabic autobiography, fiction, women's writing and on Arab film.