Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
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FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
AHMAD KHALED TAWFIKS NOVEL UTOPIA AS AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF THE NEW WAVE OF SCIENCE FICTION IN ARABIC LITERATURE
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2014
  • Khayrutdinov Dinar Rafisovich, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Khayrutdinov, D.R., 2014. Ahmad Khaled Tawfiks Novel Utopia as an Important Example of the New Wave of Science Fiction in Arabic Literature. World Applied Sciences Journal, 31 (2). Date Views 31.02.2014 www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj31(2)14/7.pdf.
    Annotation This article is a study of Ahmad Khaled Tawfik?s 2008 best-selling novel Utopia within the context of Arabic science fiction, the genre of Arabic literature experiencing a certain renewal in the recent years. The analysis of the novel?s themes, motifs, style, language and literary techniques is aimed at understanding its main influences and its place in the development of Arabic science fiction. As a dystopian novel, it is influenced by the respective European tradition while being socially relevant to the problems of today?s Egypt as well. The article also offers a brief look at Arabic science fiction in general at the present state of its evolution.
    Keywords Arabic science fiction, Ahmad Khaled Tawfik, Dystopian literature, Literary analysis, Utopia
    The name of the journal World Applied Sciences Journal
    URL http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj31(2)14/7.pdf
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