Cover; Title Page; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; 1. Arabic Literature Studies: A Retrospect (2008); 2. The Development of Fictional Genres: The Novel and Short Story in Arabic; 3. Sindbad the Sailor and the Early Arabic Novel; 4. The Novella in Arabic: A Study in Fictional Genres; 5. The Arabic Short Story and the Status of Women; 6. Arabic Fiction and the Quest for Freedom; 7. Arabic Fiction's Relationship with Its Past: Intertextuality and Retrospect Post-1967; 8. The Impact of the Translated Text: The Case of Najīb Maḥfūẓ's Novels, with Special Emphasis on The Trilogy