@arabicelit
Electronic Literature in the Arab World
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publishing:26th Nov '26
£80.00
This title is due to be published on 26th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Explores the nature and aesthetics of Arabic electronic literature (e-lit) by looking back at its classical precursors while moving forward to address its present development and challenges.
In this open access book, Reham Hosny delves into the idiosyncrasies of Arabic electronic literature (e-lit), examining its rich historical roots and contemporary evolution.
@arabicelit offers a comprehensive exploration of Arabic electronic literature, tracing its lineage from 12th-century Arabic poetry to modern digital forms. Through an interdisciplinary lens that incorporates literary studies, digital humanities and critical theory, this book investigates how Arabic e-lit is shaped by its historical, cross-cultural and sociopolitical contexts.
The first chapter uncovers the classical precursors of e-lit, while subsequent chapters tackle the challenges and potential of this emerging field, including language barriers and the digital divide. A unique annotated bibliography serves as a resource for analysing Arabic e-lit, and a new classification framework is proposed to better understand its diverse forms. The book also adopts a cultural materialist perspective to explore the dynamics of Arabic social media texts and examines cross-cultural digital literary approaches by comparing Arabic and American e-lit works. Finally, the conclusion anticipates the future of Arabic e-lit in the age of artificial intelligence. This book is essential reading for scholars, students and enthusiasts of digital literature and Middle Eastern studies, offering fresh insights into a rapidly evolving literary landscape.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
In this ground-breaking study, Reham Hosny contextualizes Arabic electronic literature within Arabic literary and cultural heritages and puts it in conversation with electronic literatures and digital cultures internationally. Among her contributions are her classifier scheme for Arabic elit, her explorations of Arabic elit in social media, and her introduction of new voices as well as her analyses of established works. Highly recommended for readers familiar with Arabic as well as those curious to learn more about the emerging field of Arabic electronic literature. * N. Katherine Hayles, author of Bacteria to AI: Human Futures with our Nonhuman Symbionts (2025) *
@arabicelit fills an important gap in electronic literature scholarship. Reham Hosny makes vital conceptual connections between the history of Arabic literature and contemporary e-lit, while also lifting recent experimental Arabic e-lit from the margins. This is a book that is rich both in its understanding of literary history and its engagement with the potential futures of literature in both Arabic digital culture and a global context. * Scott Rettberg, Professor of Digital Culture and Director of the Center for Digital Narrative, University of Bergen, Norway *
ISBN: 9781501376467
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208 pages