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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/rethinking-arabic-literary-history/
SUMMARY:Rethinking Arabic Literary History
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nWhat did pre-modern authors writing in Arabic have to say
  about their own literary history? Many things\, as it turns out\, most of
  them non-linear. In this respect\, their accounts differ from the rise-an
 d-fall story later promulgated by European scholars—a story which has no
 w become the dominant one even in the Arab world.\n\nWhat’s next? One wa
 y forward\, I propose\, is to draw on non-linear approaches\, both pre-mod
 ern and modern—including\, for example\, the late-nineteenth century not
 ion of Kulturgeschichte as applied to the cultural history of Arabic-speak
 ing societies. A new literary history of Arabic—or at least\, the one I 
 am trying to write––should grant equal weight to all periods and regio
 ns\; should foreground reception\, especially translation\, as a critical 
 part of the story\; and should embrace avowedly pedagogical elements such 
 as commentary\, digression\, and above all\, visual explanation.\n\nThe ta
 lk will include a sneak preview of this work in progress\; comments and cr
 iticism are welcome! I am also very interested in hearing from participant
 s about the state of literary history in their fields of expertise.\n\n\n
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