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Seven Essays

Studies in Literature, Drama, and Film

by Abdulla M. Al-Dabbagh (Author)
©2016 Monographs 104 Pages

Summary

In Seven Essays: Studies in Literature, Drama, and Film, Abdulla Al-Dabbagh’s unique approach to literary and cultural issues succeeds in casting new light on these subjects, revealing innovative fields of research and investigation. Expressed in his usual lucid and eloquent style, this collection of essays deals with themes and topics raised in Al-Dabbagh’s first two books, Literary Orientalism, Postcolonialism, and Universalism (Lang, 2010) and Shakespeare, the Orient, and the Critics (Lang, 2010). These essays also embrace further exploration in the area of literary criticism and literary theory and venture into the area of film studies. Whether discussing the drama of Shakespeare and Ibsen, Kurdish cinema, or issues of contemporary literary criticism and theory, scholars will find Al-Dabbagh’s fresh compilation of literary studies an essential contribution to the field.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the author
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Literary Studies Between Theory and Fallacy
  • Chapter 2. Language and Identity in the Renaissance of Kurdish Cinema
  • Chapter 3. The Anti-Romantic Reaction in Modern(ist) Criticism
  • Chapter 4. Race, Gender, and Class in Shakespeare’s Sonnets
  • Chapter 5. Shakespeare and EFL: A Personal Experience
  • Chapter 6. The Achievement of Victorian Orientalism
  • Chapter 7. Ibsen’s Dramatic Art: The Structure of the Social Plays
  • Appendix A: Review of Muge Galin, Between East and West: Sufism in the Novels of Doris Lessing
  • Appendix B: Review of Todd Kontje, German Orientalisms
  • Series index

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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Three of the seven essays collected in this book “Race, Gender, and Class in Shakespeare’s Sonnets”, “Shakespeare and EFL: A Personal Experience”, and “The Achievement of Victorian Orientalism” deal with themes and topics raised in my first two books, Literary Orientalism, Postcolonialism, and Universalism (Peter Lang, 2010) and Shakespeare, the Orient, and the Critics (Peter Lang, 2010). The other three papers “Literary Studies between Theory and Fallacy”, “The Anti-Romantic Reaction in Modern(ist) Criticism”, and “Ibsen’s Dramatic Art: The Structure of the Social Plays” are essays of literary criticism and literary theory. The seventh and last essay, “Language and Identity in the Renaissance of Kurdish Cinema”, ventures into the area of film studies.

Four of these essays have been previously published: “Literary Studies between Theory and Fallacy” in the International Journal of Arabic/English Studies, 16, 2015, 153–60; “The Anti-Romantic Reaction in Modern(ist) Criticism” in Acta Neophilologica, 1–2, 2014, 55–67; “Race, Gender, and Class in Shakespeare’s Sonnets” in the International Journal of Arabic/English Studies, 14, 2013, 25–34; and “Ibsen’s Dramatic Art: The Structure of the Social Plays” in Dirasat, 23, 2, August 1996, 372–78; and one, “Language and Identity in the Renaissance of Kurdish Cinema”, has been accepted for publication, in Film International. I would like to thank the editors of these journals for their permission to ← vii | viii → reprint those essays. I would like also to thank the editors of the following two journals for their permission to reprint my two book reviews that appear in the Appendix: Muge Galin, Between East and West: Sufism in the Novels of Doris Lessing, Literary Research, Journal of the International Comparative Literature Association, 24, Summer 2008, pp. 82–85, and Tod Kontje, German Orientalism, International Journal of Arabic-English Studies, 8, 2007, pp. 239–42.

Six of these papers were delivered at international and regional conferences. “The Anti-Romantic Reaction in Modern(ist) Criticism” at the Euro-American Conference for Academic Disciplines organized by the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Paris, France, 13–16 April, 2015; “Language and Identity in the Renaissance of Kurdish Cinema” at the 3rd International Conference on Literary Translation and Comparative Literature, held at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, 8 December 2014; “Literary Studies between Theory and Fallacy” at The Faculty Seminar Series, Department of English Literature, College of Humanities and Social Sciences United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, 9 February 2014; “Race, Gender, and Class in Shakespeare’s Sonnets” at the 9th World Shakespeare Congress organized by the International Shakespeare Association, Charles University, and the National Theatre, Prague, the Czech Republic, 17–22 July, 2011; “Shakespeare and EFL: A Personal Experience” at The 9th Annual UAEU Research Conference, held at the United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE, 21–23 April, 2008; and “The Achievement of Victorian Orientalism” at The 10th International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association, held at the University of Evora, Evora, Portugal, May 30–June 2, 2007.

Once again, I dedicate this book to my family, first and foremost my wife, and then my two daughters and my son, without whose support these essays would never be written.

I would like also to thank Michelle Salyga, the Acquisitions Editor, and once again, Jackie Pavlovic, the Production Supervisor, at Peter Lang for their valuable efforts towards the publication of this book.

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Details

Pages
104
Year
2016
ISBN (PDF)
9781453917657
ISBN (ePUB)
9781454199144
ISBN (MOBI)
9781454199137
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433132919
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-1765-7
Language
English
Publication date
2016 (February)
Keywords
Shakespeare Literary criticism Literary theory Kurdish cinema Victorian Orientalism Film studies
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2016. 104 pp.

Biographical notes

Abdulla M. Al-Dabbagh (Author)

Abdulla Al-Dabbagh holds a BA from Wesleyan University, an MLitt from Cambridge University, and a PhD from Essex University. He has taught English, American, and world literatures, literary criticism, and translation at universities in Iraq, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of Literary Orientalism, Postcolonialism, and Universalism (Lang, 2010); Shakespeare, the Orient, and the Critics (Lang, 2010); D. H. Lawrence: A Study of Literary Fascism (Lang, 2011); Socialist Literature: Theory and Practice (Lang, 2012); and Literary Intellectuals: East and West (Lang, 2013).

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