Acculturation of 'I' from the Other in the Novel al-Ashjar wa Ightiyal Mazruq

Modern Arabic literature reflects a long history of the Western colonization of the Muslim World and this colonization generally results either in the rejection or acceptance of the colonizing culture. Specifically concerning the acceptance, it is related to the merger of two different cultures of I...

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Published inInternational journal of Islamic thought Vol. 5; p. 92
Main Author Al-Bakush, Moftah Mohamed Mohamed
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bangi International Journal of Islamic Thought 01.06.2014
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Acculturation
Islam
Modern literature
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Summary:Modern Arabic literature reflects a long history of the Western colonization of the Muslim World and this colonization generally results either in the rejection or acceptance of the colonizing culture. Specifically concerning the acceptance, it is related to the merger of two different cultures of Islam and the West as being expressed in literary domain. This merged cultures expressed in literary domain culminate in the formation of a structured identity of individual or collective values called acculturation. Thus, this study intends to analyse the acculturation of Western knowledge and worldview in modern Arabic novels as portrayed in the novel 'al-Ashjar wa Ightiyal Mazruq' by Abd al-Rahman Munif. It is found that the novels portray the confrontation of the stagnant Arabs and the advanced West, and the writer charges the Arabs with the accountability for the stagnation as he touches on the absence of freedom in the Arab World while at the same time, he is obviously fascinated with the freedom and intellectualism the West enjoys. Clearly, this is kind of acculturation of the novels from 'the other'.
ISSN:2232-1314
2289-6023