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The relationship between Orientalism and Arabic Literature still stimulates an ongoing debate among both occident and Arab scholars who agree thatunlike Ancient Arabic literature which pay the orientalists’ attention the contemporary literature does not achieve a full recognition and acceptance among academic western scholars, Charles Pellat –as an example- states that he has been interested in Ancient Arabic literature but the Modern one is only an European literature in Arabic letters.
Consequently, (Roua Fikria) addresses its 7th issue(February 2018) to focus on Orientalist texts that are relevant to understanding how Arabic Contemporary Literature has been represented and studies by Western scholars, (Roua Fikria) ‘s 7th issue will bring together the eminent scholars to discuss these issues and axes:
Issues
*What are the contributions of Orientalists to the Arabic Contemporary Literature?
*What role has the Orientalists played in the identification and presentation of Arabic Contemporary Literature?
Axes :
*Orientalists and Arabic literary genders.(fiction, short story, poetry…etc).
*Teaching Arabic modern and contemporary literature in western universities.
*The translation of Arabic modern and contemporary literature into western languages.
*The Arabic modern and contemporary literature in Orientalist writings.
*Contributions of Orientalists to the Arabic Contemporary Literature.
*Orientalism and modern theories ( Translation Studies, Cultural Studies, Postcolonialism, Feminism…)
NB:
* Deadline for submission of papers 30/12/2017
