"Vad ska jag göra med solen, sopa ner den från taken?" En postkolonial analys av Hanan al-Shaykhs "Ukannis al-shams 'an al-sutuh"
(2013) ARAK01 20131Arabic Studies
- Abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to analyse the short story ”Ukannis al-shams ‘an al-suṭūḥ” by Ḥanān al-Shaykh from a postcolonial perspective. The analysis is based on the theories of Edward Said, Chandra Mohanty, Suha Sabbagh, Judith E. Tucker and Frantz Fanon. I have examined whether stereotypes of people, particularly Muslim women, from the Arab world can be found in the short story, and whether any of its Arab characters has a so called ‘colonised mind.’ The conclusions reached are that it can be argued that some stereotypes of Arabs appear in the short story, although Arab-Muslim women are not portrayed in a stereotypical way. I found that the protagonist does indeed have a colonised mind, but that she undergoes a process of mental... (More)
- The aim of this thesis is to analyse the short story ”Ukannis al-shams ‘an al-suṭūḥ” by Ḥanān al-Shaykh from a postcolonial perspective. The analysis is based on the theories of Edward Said, Chandra Mohanty, Suha Sabbagh, Judith E. Tucker and Frantz Fanon. I have examined whether stereotypes of people, particularly Muslim women, from the Arab world can be found in the short story, and whether any of its Arab characters has a so called ‘colonised mind.’ The conclusions reached are that it can be argued that some stereotypes of Arabs appear in the short story, although Arab-Muslim women are not portrayed in a stereotypical way. I found that the protagonist does indeed have a colonised mind, but that she undergoes a process of mental decolonisaton. (Less)
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- author
- Nikani, Rebecca LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ARAK01 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- arabic, postcolonialism, arabic literature, hanan al-shaykh, frantz fanon, chandra mohanty, edward said, postcolonial feminism, suha sabbagh
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4005104
- date added to LUP
- 2013-09-03 14:21:31
- date last changed
- 2013-09-03 14:21:31
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