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- Rooke, Tetz, 1955
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At forlade sekten. Afhoppernes bekendelser
- 2009
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Ingår i: Passage. - 0901-8883. ; :62, s. 37-49
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the prize-winning novel Azazil (2008) by Yusuf Zaydan, a Christian monk tells the dramatic story of his life, which is also the dramatic story of early Christianity in the Middle East. The novel problematizes the role of religion in politics and the individual's responsibility for violence directed against "non-believers". The same issues are also addressed in he true life story of the former Egyptian, Islamist activist Khaled al-Berry, "Life is more beautiful than Paradise" (2001). Both books show defection as a proper solution when religious movements turn authoritarian and sully both individual freedom and moral principles.
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- Rooke, Tetz, 1955
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Feathers from Heaven: or what the paprika plant said to the hero
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Ingår i: Middle Eastern Literatures. - 1475-262X. ; 9:2, s. 179-188
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article discusses some aspects of the 'problem of identity' explored in the novel al-Rish (1990) by the Syrian-born Kurdish writer Salim Barakat (b. 1951), against the background of the typology of history suggested in Bernard Lewis's "History: remembered, recovered, invented" (1975). As a member of a minority community denied their full cultural and political rights, Barakat is arguably particularly sensitive both to the constructed nature of history and identity, and to how the process of remembering, discovering/recovering and inventing works. The article presents a detailed analysis of al-Rish, concluding that the 'problem of identity' is never solved in the work: rather, the novel presents us with an array of partly conflicting, partly complementary identities, while the characters remain caught in a quest for a stable identity that disintegrates like a mirage as they approach it.
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- Rooke, Tetz, 1955
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Koranen och litteraturen
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Ingår i: Natur & Kulturs litteraturhistoria, red. Carin Franzén och Håkan Möller. - Stockholm : Natur & Kultur. - 9789127149403 ; , s. 238-252
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- En ny Världslitteraturhistoria avsedd för undervisning och allmänhet. I verket medverkar 25 författare inklusive huvudredaktörerna.
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- Rooke, Tetz, 1955
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Searching for the Navel: Love Voices in the Poetry of Adonis
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Ingår i: Desire, Pleasure and the Taboo: New Voices and Freedom of Expression in Contemporary Arabic Literature / edited by Sobhi Boustani [and others].. - Pisa : Fabrizio Serra Editore. - 9788862277020 ; , s. 169-183
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article I examine a work of love poetry by one of the key figures of Arab modernism, Adonis (b. 1930). The aim is to study the textual voices in his late collection "Awwal al-jasad aakhir al-baHr" (Beginning of the Body End of the Sea, 2003) and compare them with those that speak in his earlier works. Explicit representations of sexual desire and pleasure have been a standing feature of Adonis's poetry throughout his career. I argue that although the poet expresses some fresh visions and original emotions in "Awwal al-jasad", the language, imagery and themes echo previous texts remarkably much. Ultimately this continuity in Adonis's production leads me to question the notion that sexual outspokenness is an altogether new phenomenon in modern Arabic literature and suggest some relevant historical links.
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- Rooke, Tetz, 1955
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Travel and translation: The Case of Karin Johnsson
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Ingår i: Borders and the Changing Boundaries of Knowledge. Transactions vol. 22. Eds. Inga Brandell, Marie Carlson and Önver A. Çetrez. - Istanbul : Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. - 9789197881333 ; , s. 129-144
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter presents a critical reading from a translation studies perspective of five travel books about the Middle East written in the 1930s by the Swedish writer, translator and photographer Karin Johnsson (1889-1968). Her writing represents an example of the link between travel and translation. In her “Oriental adventures” she featured a number of famous love stories and love poems from classical Arabic literature as free translations. Raised in a long Swedish tradition of orientalizing literature, which constitutes the implicit context for her and her readers, she made these translations conform to the established clichés of Arab-Oriental passion and manipulated the texts on many levels. But despite a pervasive colonial perspective and examples of racist discourse, Johnsson’s travel books also show a development in attitude from an initial ridicule of the Arabs as a people to a more empathic approach at the end.
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