The Experimental Turn in the Moroccan Novel, 1976-1989 examines the trajectory of the Moroccan experimental novel and makes a link between its emergence in the early-mid 1970s and the Arab defeat in the six-day war with Israel in 1967.

Drawing on works by Muhammad Barradah, Abdullah al-'Arwi, Ahmad al-Madini, and others, the book contends that the Moroccan experimental novel reflects an historic turning point and transitional cultural landscape. It further shows that the experimental novel laid the ground for a different vision of literature, an important feature of which was the intent to surpass the traditional realist model as executed by Moroccan novelist 'Abdulkarim Ghallab (1919-2017) and Egyptian Nobel Laureate Najib Mahfuz (1911-2006). This new vision of literature seeks to create new discursive spheres for the treatment of the social and the political.

This book will be an important contribution to debates around Moroccan/Arabic/Maghrebi literature, as well as the field of literary experimentalism more broadly.

About the Author

Anouar El Younssi is an Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Oxford College of Emory University, USA. His most recent publications include articles in journals such as Tamazgha Studies Journal , Journal of Arabic Literature, and The Journal of North African Studies.

Book Information
ISBN 9781032613666
Author Anouar El Younssi
Format Hardback
Page Count 242
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd