Hacking the Modern: Arabic Writing in the Virtual Age.

Presents literary criticism of the book "Being Abbas El Abd" by Ahmed Alaidy. It analyzes the aesthetics of the techno-language and virtuality used in the text and examines the impact of such modern language and media on teaching of Arabic literature. It also explored the genres incorporated by Alai...

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Publicado en:Comparative Literature Studies Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 533 - 549
Autor principal: El-Ariss, Tarek
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: Pennsylvania State University Press 2010
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Sumario:Presents literary criticism of the book "Being Abbas El Abd" by Ahmed Alaidy. It analyzes the aesthetics of the techno-language and virtuality used in the text and examines the impact of such modern language and media on teaching of Arabic literature. It also explored the genres incorporated by Alaidy into the novel including advertisement, street sign and instruction manuals.