Journal |
Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 54 | 2018
Research Article | Il Cairo: luoghi semi-ufficiali e personaggi eccentrici nei romanzi di Shalabī e Abū Julayyil
Il Cairo: luoghi semi-ufficiali e personaggi eccentrici nei romanzi di Shalabī e Abū Julayyil
- Cristina Dozio - Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia - email
Abstract
Cairo is a constantly expanding and changing megalopolis, whose residents negotiate the binary oppositions of centre/periphery, development/poverty, and local/global. This paper investigates the literary representation of the Egyptian capital in four novels by Shalabī and Abū Julayyil published between 1981 and 2008. Firstly, it overviews recent scholarship about the literary geography of Cairo. Then, it examines the narrative techniques employed by Shalabī and Abū Julayyil to portray semi-official spaces, such as historical palaces now in decline, hash dens, shantytowns, and buildings on the verge of collapse. I argue that these spaces interact with the rest of the city, while developing a highly local culture, embodied by eccentric humorous characters.
Submitted: Jan. 16, 2018 | Accepted: March 23, 2018 | Published June 25, 2018 | Language: it
Keywords Hash den • Old Cairo • Travelogue • Microcosm • Humour • Egyptian novel • Shantytowns
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Il Cairo: luoghi semi-ufficiali e personaggi eccentrici nei romanzi di Shalabī e Abū Julayyil |
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Dozio Cristina |
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Cairo is a constantly expanding and changing megalopolis, whose residents negotiate the binary oppositions of centre/periphery, development/poverty, and local/global. This paper investigates the literary representation of the Egyptian capital in four novels by Shalabī and Abū Julayyil published between 1981 and 2008. Firstly, it overviews recent scholarship about the literary geography of Cairo. Then, it examines the narrative techniques employed by Shalabī and Abū Julayyil to portray semi-official spaces, such as historical palaces now in decline, hash dens, shantytowns, and buildings on the verge of collapse. I argue that these spaces interact with the rest of the city, while developing a highly local culture, embodied by eccentric humorous characters. |
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Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale |
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Vol. 54 | June 2018 |
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2018-06-25 |
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2018-03-23 |
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2018-01-16 |
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2385-3042 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2018/01/005 |
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yes |
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Egyptian novel |
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dc.subject |
Egyptian novel |
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dc.subject |
Hash den |
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dc.subject |
Hash den |
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dc.subject |
Humour |
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dc.subject |
Humour |
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dc.subject |
Microcosm |
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dc.subject |
Microcosm |
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dc.subject |
Old Cairo |
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dc.subject |
Old Cairo |
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dc.subject |
Shantytowns |
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dc.subject |
Shantytowns |
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dc.subject |
Travelogue |
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dc.subject |
Travelogue |
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