East meets West : gender and cultural difference in the work of Ahdaf Soueif and Monica Ali

East meets West : gender and cultural difference in the work of Ahdaf Soueif and Monica Ali

My thesis looks at encounters between East and West in the novels of Ahdaf Soueif and how similar issues and themes can be seen in Monica Ali's 'Brick Lane' , a novel that brings together Bangladesh and the UK. It is divided into five chapters. Chapters 1 to 4 focus on the socio-histo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ahmed, Elsayed Abdullah Muhammad
Published:	Cardiff University 2010
Subjects:	820.90091 PN Literature (General)
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584765

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