The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian Literature
This paper presents war literature as a distinctive genre intertwined with various schools of social thought and literary criticism including nationalism, social realism, and commitment. It puts forward a definition of war literature and the history of its emergence. It also attempts to explore some...
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| description | This paper presents war literature as a distinctive genre intertwined with various schools of social thought and literary criticism including nationalism, social realism, and commitment. It puts forward a definition of war literature and the history of its emergence. It also attempts to explore some gray areas in war literature, relating to its artistic and creative modes of writing, its biases and prejudices. It questions the principles of authenticity and representation in this literary genre, addressing the contestation between reality and fiction, aesthetics and ideology, which dominate the discourse of postcolonial studies. The paper chooses Palestinian literature as a model case study, discussing the effects of the Sartrean school of commitment, Arabized in the concept of Adab al-Iltizam , on the creativity and individuality of writers. It discusses some of the general characteristics and themes of Palestinian literature, moving from early war literature (1948) to more contemporary works (1990s-), and presents how some writers manage to walk the thin line between literary representation and national commitment and succeed, without falling into the quagmire of propaganda or mundanity, to depict a national cause still subjected to colonialism in a postcolonial era. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e4c7a64a1ea4ecb91966a26aad6686b2023-09-13T10:26:52ZengPluto JournalsArab Studies Quarterly0271-35192043-69202023-04-0145215417010.13169/arabstudquar.45.2.0154The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian LiteratureDima M. T. TahboubThis paper presents war literature as a distinctive genre intertwined with various schools of social thought and literary criticism including nationalism, social realism, and commitment. It puts forward a definition of war literature and the history of its emergence. It also attempts to explore some gray areas in war literature, relating to its artistic and creative modes of writing, its biases and prejudices. It questions the principles of authenticity and representation in this literary genre, addressing the contestation between reality and fiction, aesthetics and ideology, which dominate the discourse of postcolonial studies. The paper chooses Palestinian literature as a model case study, discussing the effects of the Sartrean school of commitment, Arabized in the concept of Adab al-Iltizam , on the creativity and individuality of writers. It discusses some of the general characteristics and themes of Palestinian literature, moving from early war literature (1948) to more contemporary works (1990s-), and presents how some writers manage to walk the thin line between literary representation and national commitment and succeed, without falling into the quagmire of propaganda or mundanity, to depict a national cause still subjected to colonialism in a postcolonial era.https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/arabstudquar.45.2.0154 |
| spellingShingle | Dima M. T. Tahboub The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian Literature Arab Studies Quarterly |
| title | The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian Literature |
| title_full | The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian Literature |
| title_fullStr | The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian Literature |
| title_short | The Cutting Edge between Nationalistic Commitment ( Iltizam ) and Literary Compulsion ( Ilzam ) in Palestinian Literature |
| title_sort | cutting edge between nationalistic commitment iltizam and literary compulsion ilzam in palestinian literature |
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