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How do young scholars from the Arab world interact with English literature? Is literature relevant to their life? Can it help shape their reality? Is this affiliation new, or is there a pattern? This book poses some answers to these questions and more; it is ideal for university students and young intellectuals who seek further insight into world literature and literary theory. As this book shows, strong and courageous voices from the past, voices that transcend time and space, like Swift’s, must remain alive in the departments of English and world literature in this wasteland of globalization - a world dominated by cold science, materialism, and conflict. There is need for Swift to haunt us, for his ghost to wake us to the truth. Anarchist, anti-colonialist, nay-sayer, champion of the oppressed and conscious of the plight of women, Swift is the ultimate “therapeutic ironist”; what more can a pen do?
A vibrant collection of writings about America from its earliest Arab immigrants, as they reflected on and described the United States for the very first time.
Since medieval times, English literature has often demonized Muslims. The term ‘Islamophobia’ is recent, but the phenomenon is old. This survey of literature focusing on the modern period up to 1914 identifies negative ideas about Islam in novels and plays. Some works are iconic, some more obscure. However, the book highlights writers who challenged stereotypes and tended to see Muslims as equally capable of virtue and vice as Christians and others. The book deals with the role of the imagination in depicting others and how this serves authors’ agendas. The conclusion brings the book’s thesis into dialogue with the debate in the USA today between supporters of multiculturalism and its critics. Anyone interested in how stereotypes are formed, perpetuated and can be challenged will profit from this book. It is aimed at a non-specialist readership.
أصبح واقع الأمة العربية والإسلامية في سائر مجتمعاتها مصدر قلق شديد، فحيثما نظرت إلى هذا الواقع في مجالاته السياسية أو الاقتصادية أو الاجتماعية تجده لا يعبر عما تملكه أمتنا من قيم، وما تختزنه من إمكانات، مما يلح في التساؤل عن حقيقة الانتماء عند الفرد: حاكماً ومحكوماً، والأسرة: الصغيرة والكبيرة، والجماعة: الوظيفية والمهنية، والحزب السياسي: بمرجعياته الوطنية والقومية والدينية، والم...
تضمن هذا العدد محوراً خاصاً عن "القيم في التعليم الجامعي المعاصر"، وقد خُصصت كلمة التحرير للحديث عن "إسهامات الدكتور عبد الحميد ابو سليمان في بناء القيم". وانتُظم العدد في خمسة أبحاث؛ إذ جاء البحث الأول بعنوان "دراسة مسحية نقدية للكتابات الأجنبية في ربع القرن الأخير حول حضور القيم في التعليم الجامعي" للدكتوره سميرة الخوالدة من الأردن. والبحث الثاني بعنوان " فلسفة القيم وتجلِّياتها في...
The rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generative AI, pose a challenge for academic scholars. Staying current with the latest techniques and applications in these fields is difficult due to their dynamic nature, while the lack of comprehensive resources hinders scholars' ability to effectively utilize these technologies. Advanced Applications of Generative AI and Natural Language Processing Models offers an effective solution to address these challenges. This comprehensive book delves into cutting-edge developments in NLP and Generative AI. It provides insights into the functioning of these technologies, their benefits, a...
The pioneering anthology Home Girls features writings by Black feminist and lesbian activists on topics both provocative and profound. Since its initial publication in 1983, it has become an essential text on Black women's lives and writings. This edition features an updated list of contributor biographies and an all-new preface that provides a fresh assessment of how Black women's lives have changed-or not-since the book was first published. Contributors are Tania Abdulahad, Donna Allegra, Barbara A. Banks, Becky Birtha, Julie Carter, Cenen, Cheryl Clarke, Michelle Cliff, Michelle T. Clinton, Willie M. Coleman, Toi Derricotte, Alexis De Veaux, Jewelle L. Gomez, Akasha (Gloria) Hull, Patricia Jones, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Raymina Y. Mays, Deidre McCalla, Chirlane McCray, Pat Parker, Linda C. Powell, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Spring Redd, Gwendolyn Rogers, Kate Rushin, Ann Allen Shockley, Barbara Smith, Beverly Smith, Shirley O. Steele, Luisah Teish, Jameelah Waheed, Alice Walker, and Renita Weems.
This detailed study by Jutta Sperber shows how the magisterium of the Roman-Catholic Church, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and various parts of the Muslim world from Saudi Arabia to Iran have been engaged in Christian-Muslim dialogues. The mainly anthropological topics range from tolerance and human dignity, the position of women and children, media and education, to mission, resources and nationalism. They paint an interesting picture of the position of Man before God and the world in both Christianity and Islam.
From To Room Nineteen, a study of a controlled middle class marriage grounded in intelligence, to the shocking A Woman on the Roof, where a workman becomes obsessed with a pretty sunbather, this collection of stories bears witness to Doris Lessing's perspective on the human condition.