Writers and Nations: The Case of American and Saudi Literatures
Writers and Nations:The Case of American and Saudi Literatures examines how the concept of the nation in nineteenth century American literature and twentieth century and contemporary Saudi Arabian literature is represented in an array of relevant works. Reading their works gives us a sense of their conceptions of nation as a political and/or a social community. Writers examined in this book often see the nation as a threat to marginalized groups, due to its cultural, religious and political constraints. Writers tend to represent the tension between individuals and communities as a significant key to understanding a particular nation. This tension carries in it a sense of the boundaries of the nation. It is a question of who is part of the nation and who is not. The constraints of a certain nation, be they political or social, include the dominant by excluding the repressed or the marginalized. In other words, by exposing the tension between disenfranchised and dominant groups, writers define, redefine and reform for us the national political and social scenes of a particular nation.
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Writers and Nations: The Case of American and Saudi Literatures
Writers and Nations:The Case of American and Saudi Literatures examines how the concept of the nation in nineteenth century American literature and twentieth century and contemporary Saudi Arabian literature is represented in an array of relevant works. Reading their works gives us a sense of their conceptions of nation as a political and/or a social community. Writers examined in this book often see the nation as a threat to marginalized groups, due to its cultural, religious and political constraints. Writers tend to represent the tension between individuals and communities as a significant key to understanding a particular nation. This tension carries in it a sense of the boundaries of the nation. It is a question of who is part of the nation and who is not. The constraints of a certain nation, be they political or social, include the dominant by excluding the repressed or the marginalized. In other words, by exposing the tension between disenfranchised and dominant groups, writers define, redefine and reform for us the national political and social scenes of a particular nation.
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Writers and Nations: The Case of American and Saudi Literatures

Writers and Nations: The Case of American and Saudi Literatures

by Mohammed Ghazi Alghamdi
Writers and Nations: The Case of American and Saudi Literatures

Writers and Nations: The Case of American and Saudi Literatures

by Mohammed Ghazi Alghamdi

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Writers and Nations:The Case of American and Saudi Literatures examines how the concept of the nation in nineteenth century American literature and twentieth century and contemporary Saudi Arabian literature is represented in an array of relevant works. Reading their works gives us a sense of their conceptions of nation as a political and/or a social community. Writers examined in this book often see the nation as a threat to marginalized groups, due to its cultural, religious and political constraints. Writers tend to represent the tension between individuals and communities as a significant key to understanding a particular nation. This tension carries in it a sense of the boundaries of the nation. It is a question of who is part of the nation and who is not. The constraints of a certain nation, be they political or social, include the dominant by excluding the repressed or the marginalized. In other words, by exposing the tension between disenfranchised and dominant groups, writers define, redefine and reform for us the national political and social scenes of a particular nation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781793650849
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 10/12/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 190
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Mohammed Ghazi Alghamdi is assistant professor of Comparative Literature at King Saud University.

Table of Contents

Part I: A Hypothesis of Inscribing the Nation
Chapter I: Introduction: Nation and Literature
Chapter II: Contextualizing U.S and Saudi Nations and Literatures
Part II: Reading the Nation
Chapter III: Politics and the Nation
Chapter IV: Religion and the Nation
Chapter V: Women and the Nation
Chapter VI: Race and the Nation
Conclusion: The Evolution of the Nation
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