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The Star, the Cross, and the Crescent
Religions and Conflicts in Francophone Literature from the Arab World
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2011
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The Star, the Cross, and the Crescent analyzes fiction, films, comics, autobiographical narratives, and essays by Francophone Arab writers whose Christian (Accad, Antaki, Chédid, Maalouf), Jewish (Albou, Cixous, El Maleh, Memmi), Muslim (Bachi, Benaïssa, Benguigui, Ben Jelloun, Boudjedra, Boudjellal, Meddeb, Mimouni), and secular (Sebbar) backgrounds are emblematic of the diversity of the Francophone Arab world. It examines how these writers represent the intertwining of religion and politics against the backdrop of the current international political context and the resurgence of religion. Focusing on a series of disputes commonly framed in religious terms (with Islam as the common denominator for all: the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Lebanese and the Algerian civil wars, the affair of the Muslim headscarf in France, and 9/11), this book questions the effectiveness of the Francophone studies model in providing insights into the complexity of the Islamic Revival. The study concludes by unpacking the influence of politics on the translation of these works in the U.S. It brings heightened awareness to the modalities according to which a creative work can serve as a cultural mediator.
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Edition
1/2011
Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2658-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-6269-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
195
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Religion, Politics, and Literature from the Francophone Arab World No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 1.The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Amin Maalouf's Les croisades vuespar les Arabes and Les échelles du Levant, Myriam Antaki's Les versets du pardon No access Pages 9 - 42
Chapter 2.The Arab-Israeli Conflict Beyond the Middle East: Albert Memmi, Edmond Amran El Maleh, Farid Boudjellal, and Karin Albou No access Pages 43 - 64
Chapter 3.The Lebanese Civil War: Andrée Chédid's La maison sans racines and Evelyne Accad's L 'excisée No access Pages 65 - 88
Chapter 4.The Algerian Civil War: Rachid Boudjedra's Le FIS de la haine, Rachid Mimouni's De la barbarie en général et de l'intégrisme en particulier, and Une enfance algérienne No access Pages 89 - 114
Chapter 5.Islam and the French Republic: The Affair of the Muslim Headscarf in works by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Amin Maalouf, Albert Memmi, Leïla Sebbar, and Yamina Benguigui No access Pages 115 - 140
Chapter 6.Portrait of a Terrorist: Slimane Benaïssa and Salim Bachi's 9/11 Novels No access Pages 141 - 160
Conclusion: The Politics of Translation: Francophone Literature from the Arab World in the U.S. No access Pages 161 - 172
