عنوان

Ni Française, ni juive ni arabe: The Influence of Nineteenth Century French Judaism on the Emergence of Franco Jewish Arab Literature

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انگلیسی

Ni Française, ni juive ni arabe: The Influence of Nineteenth Century French Judaism on the Emergence of Franco Jewish Arab Literature

[Thesis]

Deborah Gruber

Alcalay, Ammiel

City University of New York

2015

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Committee members: Alcalay, Ammiel; Blum, Antoinette; Sautman, Francesca

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-57174-5

Ph.D.

French

City University of New York

2015

This study proposes that the influence of nineteenth century French Judaism on the Jewish communities of the Middle East from approximately 1910-1956 has had an indelible influence on the evolution of Franco-Jewish-Arab literature today. From the late nineteenth century, the education of the Jews of the Ottoman Empire was provided by the Paris based Alliance Israélite Universelle, an organization established by French Jews with the purpose of emancipating disadvantaged Jewish communities outside of France. The result was the establishment of Franco-Jewish Arab communities that regarded French education as a means of both social and economic advancement. Although the curriculum of the Alliance stressed both secular and religious elements it promoted a priori, the superiority of nineteenth century French Judaism based on the ideology of universalism that emanated from the French Revolution.

Romance literature; Judaic studies; French language; Jews; Cultural factors; 19th century; Literary genres; Negotiation; Politics; Hebrew language; Middle Eastern studies; Education; Ideology; Language history

Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Arabic literature;French;Hebrew literature;Judaism

Stirling, Kellie

Alcalay, Ammiel

French

City University of New York

1658532660; 3683160

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[Thesis]

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