EAN: 9783111267265

LAUGH LIKE AN EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE PLAY AND CREA...

Egyptians are known among the Arabs as awlad al-nukta  Sons of the Jokes  for their ability to
laugh in face of adversity. This creative weapon has been directed against socio-political
targets both in times of oppression and popular upheaval  such as the 2011 Tahrir Revolution.
This book looks at the literary expression of Egyptian humour in the novels of Muhammad
Mustajab  Khayri Shalabi  and Hamdi Abu Julayyil  three writers who revive the comic tradition
to innovate the language of contemporary fiction. Their modern tricksters  wise fools  and
antiheroes play with the stereotypical traits attached to the ordinary Egyptians  while
laughing at the universal contradictions of life. This ability to combine local and global
culture  literary traditions and popular references  makes them a stimulating read in an
intercultural perspective. Combining humour studies and literary criticism  this book examines
language play and narrative creativity to understand which strategies craft Egyptian literary
humour. In doing so  it sheds light on the contribution of humour to literary innovations of
Egyptian fiction since the late Seventies  while adding new writers to those who are considered
the masters of humour in the Arab novel.

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