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Alfred Farag Egyptian Theater: The Poetics of Disguise, with Four Short Plays and a Monologue (Middle East Literature In Translation)
Dina Amin
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Hardcover. As one of Egyptian theater's leading contemporary playwrights, Alfred Farag has had a profound influence on shaping Arabic drama and Egyptian cultural politics. This book chronicles Farag's career and offers a critical perspective on his creative output and the condition of Egyptian theater in the 1970s through the 1990s. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
As one of Egyptian theater's leading contemporary playwrights, Alfred Farag has had a profound influence on shaping Arabic drama and Egyptian cultural politics during the past five decades. His plays interrogate the human condition, exposing the struggles of nonheroic individuals faced with political, social, and economic abuse. Farag's dramatic themes, his tireless campaign to democratize the theater, and his encouragement of cultural awareness in the remote and rural regions of Egypt in addition to the cities led to his imprisonment, battles with censorship, and exile. This remarkable writer's indomitable spirit is clearly evidenced in his spending a large part of ... Read more
As one of Egyptian theater's leading contemporary playwrights, Alfred Farag has had a profound influence on shaping Arabic drama and Egyptian cultural politics during the past five decades. His plays interrogate the human condition, exposing the struggles of nonheroic individuals faced with political, social, and economic abuse. Farag's dramatic themes, his tireless campaign to democratize the theater, and his encouragement of cultural awareness in the remote and rural regions of Egypt in addition to the cities led to his imprisonment, battles with censorship, and exile. This remarkable writer's indomitable spirit is clearly evidenced in his spending a large part of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Middle East Literature in Translation
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815631637
SKU
V9780815631637
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About Dina Amin
Dina A. Amin is assistant professor of Arabic literature, culture, and theater at Villanova University and a professional stage director in both the United States and Egypt.
Reviews for Alfred Farag Egyptian Theater: The Poetics of Disguise, with Four Short Plays and a Monologue (Middle East Literature In Translation)
As a director, scholar, and translator, Amin is able to examine Farag’s significance in Egyptian theater and social history while remaining attentive to the theatrical potential of his scripts.