Assia Djebar's L'Amour La Fantasia and the historiographic approach. E-book. Formato EPUB Laura Aletti   -  Laura Aletti, 2014  - 

This essay will discuss Hutcheon's theory about “historiographic metafiction” in order to explain the meanings of Djebar's work; it will introduce Djebar's approach to history from a gender and post-colonized point of view; finally, issues related to language and history will be addressed.

Palestinian citizens of Israel: a minority searching for an identity. E-book. Formato EPUB Laura Aletti   -  Laura Aletti, 2014  - 

Habibi and Kashua: Nationality, Language, History and the Search for Identity. The Secret Life of Saeed, the ill-ated Pessoptimist: a Palestinian who Became a Citizen of Israel (1982) and Dancing Arabs (2004). First of all, this essay will deal with the definition of the Arab-Israelis as a minority group - specifically a “trapped minority”; secondly, through the analysis of historical events some of the themes addressed will be enlightened to show why this literature should be considered the expression of a minority; finally, the question of language in relation to identity and the reading community will be addressed.

Yac?u¯b S?annu¯ ?, ?Abd Alla¯h Nadi¯m and the New Egyptian Reading Public. E-book. Formato EPUB Laura Aletti   -  Laura Aletti, 2014  - 

This essay will try to shed light on the development of new speech genres in the 19th century Egyptian context as a result of the birth of a new reading public. Thus, it will address S?annu¯ ? and Nadi¯m's contribution to the development of journalism and theatre in Egypt.