Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Modernization and its discontents -- North Africa and the anti-colonial critics : Fanon, Memmi, Sartre, Camus -- Camus, Djebar, and the "non-color" of nonviolence -- Paris on the Nile, Egypt on the plantation : development after Muhammad Ali -- Letters of a lost generation : Alhadeff, Aciman, Said, Durrell, Mahfouz -- The radical surgery of a woman doctor : Nawal el Saadawi -- conclusion.
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A critique of modern development may be traced in the postcolonial and anti-colonial literature about North Africa. Works by Fanon, Camus, Djebar, Mahfouz, El Saadawi, Said, and others, offer a window upon contemporary modernization and related issues of identity, independence, and social justice.
Literature and development in North Africa.
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Arabic literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Arabic literature-- Africa, North-- History and criticism.
Literature and globalization-- Africa, North.
North African literature (French)-- 20th century-- History and criticism.