Arabic Science Fiction

Provides a nuanced and comprehensive study of Arabic science fiction

Contributes to postcolonial literary studies, genre studies and Arabic literature

Extends research on global science fiction

Provides a nuanced and comprehensive study of Arabic science fiction Contributes to postcolonial literary studies, genre studies and Arabic literature Extends research on global science fiction

Auteur

Ian Campbell is Associate Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at Georgia State University, USA. He has published articles in major science fiction journals on Arabic science fiction and also undertakes research in postcolonial Moroccan fiction. He is the author of Labyrinths, Intellectuals and the Revolution: The Arabic-Language Moroccan Novel, 195772 (2013).

Résumé
Provides a nuanced and comprehensive study of Arabic science fiction

Contributes to postcolonial literary studies, genre studies and Arabic literature

Extends research on global science fiction

Contenu

Chapter 1:Introduction.- Chapter 2: Postcolonial Literature and Arabic SF.- Chapter 3: Arabic SF: Definitions and Origins.- Chapter 4: Criticism and Theory of Arabic SF.- Chapter 5: Double Estrangement in Nihd Sharf's The Conqueror of Time.- Chapter 6: Continuity Within Rupture in Two Novels by Muaf Mamd.- Chapter 7: Utopia as a Critique of Utopia in abr Ms's The Gentleman from the Spinach Field.- Chapter 8: Male Gaze as Colonial Gaze in 'Amad 'Abd al-Salm al-Baqqli's The Blue Flood.- Chapter 9: Mysticism and SF in lib 'Umrn's Beyond The Veil of Time.- Chapter 10: Inheritance and Intertextuality in a Three-Novel Series by ba 'Amad Ibrhm.- Chapter 11: Conclusion.