Satire und Kontext

Gesellschaftskritik in den Dramen des agyptischen Autors Ali Salem

by Claudia Franke-Ziedan

Book cover: Satire und Kontext

Extent: 272 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Literaturen im Kontext. arabisch - persisch - turkisch

Series volume number: 39

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(June 2013)

ISBN: 9783895009396

Price: $104.00

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The literary study is devoted to the investigation of the dramas by Egyptian writer Ali Salem (born 1936). A present in all writing and written in the Egyptian dialect style of a contemporary playwright ensues the literary-historical positioning of the author and the redrawing of the lines of modern Arab theater. In addition, an exemplary analysis of the satirical style of dramatic texts by Ali Salem is performed, whereby the socio-critical potential of the stage works by the politically and socially active author is worked out. German text.


English Summary: This study is devoted to the investigation of the dramas by Egyptian writer Ali Salem (born 1936). It positions the author within the context of modern Egyptian literary history and contemporary drama and provides a detailed overview of all his works published in the Egyptian dialect. In addition, an exemplary analysis of the satirical style of his dramatic texts is performed, showing the socio-critical potential of his stage works. German Description: Die literaturwissenschaftliche Untersuchung widmet sich dem Dramenwerk des agyptischen Autors Ali Salem (geb. 1936). Neben einer literaturgeschichtlichen Positionierung des Autors und einer Nachzeichnung der Entwicklungslinien des modernen arabischen Theaters erfolgt die umfassende Betrachtung aller in Textform vorliegenden und im agyptischen Dialekt verfassten Stucke des zeitgenossischen Dramatikers. Zudem wird eine exemplarische Analyse des satirischen Stils der Dramentexte Ali Salems vorgenommen, wodurch gleichzeitig das gesellschaftskritische Potential der Buhnenwerke des literarisch engagierten Autors herausgearbeitet wird.

  • By (author) Claudia Franke-Ziedan