The Arabic novel emerged within intercultural exchanges between East and West, past and present. Wen-chin Ouyang analyzes how this has led to a politics of nostalgia, linked to aesthetics, ethics, and politics. These themes are relevant to the cultural and literary changes in the Arabic-speaking world in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Key topics are nostalgia and madness, as tropes through which the Arabic novel writes its own story. This story shows the struggle with and resistance to the hegemony of both the state and cultural heritage.
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