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| DOI | 10.1163/157006411X575783 |
| Darkness in the Desert: Tradition and Transgression in Ibrahim al-Kuni's 'Ushb al-Layl | |
| Rossetti, John Joseph Henry | |
| 通讯作者 | Rossetti, JJH (corresponding author), Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA. |
| 来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARABIC LITERATURE
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| ISSN | 0085-2376 |
| 出版年 | 2011 |
| 卷号 | 42期号:1页码:49-66 |
| 英文摘要 | This paper examines themes of moral transgression in the 1997 novel 'Ushb al-Layl (Night Grass) by Libyan novelist Ibrahim al-Kuni, particularly as viewed through the novel's recurrent motif of darkness and blackness. As with all of Ibrahim al-Kuni's fiction,. Ushb al-Layl is set in a traditional Tuareg society in the Sahara. In this case, the protagonist, out of scorn for the rest of his society, violates its customary law and moral codes-preferring darkness to light, committing murder and incest, and defying matrilineal traditions in favor of fathers-all in the name of a higher wisdom and a quest for immortality. Through this character's monstrous behavior, I argue, Ibrahim al-Kuni implicitly criticizes the tendency of modern ideas to overturn traditions in the name of enlightenment and progress, while leaving a dangerous moral vacuum in their wake. |
| 英文关键词 | Blackness blade desert Ibrahim al-Kuni incest jinn slavery Libya Waw |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 收录类别 | AHCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000305139300003 |
| WOS类目 | Asian Studies ; Literature |
| WOS研究方向 | Asian Studies ; Literature |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/360949 |
| 作者单位 | Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rossetti, John Joseph Henry. Darkness in the Desert: Tradition and Transgression in Ibrahim al-Kuni's 'Ushb al-Layl[J],2011,42(1):49-66. |
| APA | Rossetti, John Joseph Henry.(2011).Darkness in the Desert: Tradition and Transgression in Ibrahim al-Kuni's 'Ushb al-Layl.JOURNAL OF ARABIC LITERATURE,42(1),49-66. |
| MLA | Rossetti, John Joseph Henry."Darkness in the Desert: Tradition and Transgression in Ibrahim al-Kuni's 'Ushb al-Layl".JOURNAL OF ARABIC LITERATURE 42.1(2011):49-66. |
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