Tradition, Modernity, And Postmodernity In Arabic Literature: Essays In Honor Of Professor Issa J. Boullata

TRADITION, MODERNITY, AND POSTMODERNITY IN ARABIC LITERATURE This page intentionally left blank Professor Issa J. Boullata in his office at McGill University, August 25, 1999. TRADITION, MODERNITY, AND POSTMODERNITY IN ARABIC LITERATURE Essays in Honor of Professor Issa J. Boullata EDITED BY KAMAL ABDEL-MALEK & WAEL HALLAQ BRILL LEIDEN • BOSTON • KOLN 2000 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tradition, modernity, and postmodernity in Arabic literature : essays in honor of professor Issa J. Boullata / edited by Kamal Abdel-Malek & Wael Hallaq. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 90041 17636 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Arabic literature — 20th century— History and criticism. I. Boullata, IssaJ.. 1929-. II. Abdel-Malek, Kamal. III. Hallaq, Wael B., 1955PJ7538.T73 2000 892.7'09006—dc21 00-029265 GIF Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufhahme Tradition, modernity, and postmodernity in Arabic literature : essays in honor of Professor Issa J. Boullata / ed. by Kamal Abdel-Malek & Wael Hallaq. - Leiden ; Boston ; Koln : Brill, 2000 ISBN 90-04- 11 763-6 ISBN 90 04 117636 © Copyright 2000 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy itemsfor internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS This volume is warmly dedicated to Professor Issa J. Boullata, prominent educator and scholar, and is offered to him in appreciation by his friends, colleagues, and students. This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface Biographical Notes on the Contributors Professor Issa J. Boullata: A Profile of an Intellectual Exile KAMAL ABDEL-MALEK Literary Creativity and the Cultural Heritage: The atlal in Modern Arabic Fiction HILARY KILPATRICK Love, Death, and the Ghost of al-Khansa : The Modern Female Poetic Voice in Fadwa Tuqan's Elegies for Her Brother Ibrahim TERRI DEYOUNG "The December Flower," a poem by Fadwa Tuqan. Translated from the Arabic KAMAL ABDEL-MALEK Sindbad the Sailor and the Early Arabic Novel ROGER ALLEN "The Infiltrators," a short story by Hanna Ibrahim. Translated from the Arabic KAMAL ABDEL-MALEK Literary Creativity and Social Change: What has Happened to the Arab Psyche Since the Sixties? A Study in a few Literary Masks MONA TAKIEDDINE AMYUNI Going Beyond Socialist Realism, Getting Nowhere: Luwls 'Awad's Cross-cultural Encounter with the Other .... ABDUL-NABI ISSTAIF "Only Women and Writing Can Save Us from Death": Erotic Empowering in the Poetry of Nizar Qabbani (d. 1998) AMILA BUTUROVIC Creativity in the Novels of Emile Habiby, with Special Reference to Sa'id the Pessoptimist PETER HEATH ix xi 1 28 45 76 78 86 94 113 141 158 viii