The Impact of World War I on Middle East “Arabs” in Awwad’s “Al-Raghif”: A Cultural Perspective
My paper will explore the genre of war narrative from a cultural perspective, namely the impact of the Great War on Arabs in the novel Al-Raghif (The Loaf’) in 1939 by the Lebanese novelist Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad, as it is the first Arabic novel which is totally concerned with WWI and its longlasting co...
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doaj-66c7d24cac964ad89f00d93487e4171f2021-09-05T14:00:18ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies1584-37342286-04282017-11-01141313610.1515/rjes-2017-0005rjes-2017-0005The Impact of World War I on Middle East “Arabs” in Awwad’s “Al-Raghif”: A Cultural PerspectiveHamid Lateef Wisam0West University of Timișoara, Timisoara, RomaniaMy paper will explore the genre of war narrative from a cultural perspective, namely the impact of the Great War on Arabs in the novel Al-Raghif (The Loaf’) in 1939 by the Lebanese novelist Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad, as it is the first Arabic novel which is totally concerned with WWI and its longlasting consequences: hunger, despair and the elusive promise of freedom to Arabs.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0005arab identityconsequencesdiachronic relevancegreat faminemacro-historymicrohistoryrefugeethe first world war |
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The Impact of World War I on Middle East “Arabs” in Awwad’s “Al-Raghif”: A Cultural Perspective |
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The Impact of World War I on Middle East “Arabs” in Awwad’s “Al-Raghif”: A Cultural Perspective |
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impact of world war i on middle east “arabs” in awwad’s “al-raghif”: a cultural perspective |
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Romanian Journal of English Studies |
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My paper will explore the genre of war narrative from a cultural perspective, namely the impact of the Great War on Arabs in the novel Al-Raghif (The Loaf’) in 1939 by the Lebanese novelist Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad, as it is the first Arabic novel which is totally concerned with WWI and its longlasting consequences: hunger, despair and the elusive promise of freedom to Arabs. |
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arab identity consequences diachronic relevance great famine macro-history microhistory refugee the first world war |
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