Blogging from Egypt : digital literature, 2005-2016 / Teresa Pepe.

Contributor(s):

Pepe, Teresa

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Arabic Series: Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literaturePublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781474434010
1474434010
9781474460231
1474460232
9781474434027
1474434029

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Blogging from Egypt. Digital literature, 2005-2016.DDC classification:

808/.0420285 23

LOC classification:

PN4567.2 .B56 2019

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Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Egyptian Blogs Between Fiction and Autobiography; 1. Arabic Literature Goes Digital; 2. The Paratext of Egyptian Blogs; 3. Mixed Arabic as a Subversive Literary Style; 4. When Writers Activate Readers; 5. Bytes of Freedom: Fictionalized Bodies in the Egyptian Blogosphere; 6. Blogging a Revolution: From Utopia to Dystopia; Conclusion; List of Works Cited.

Summary: Six years before the Egyptian revolution of January 2011, many young Egyptians had resorted to blogging as a means of self-expression and literary creativity. This resulted in the emergence of a new literary genre: the autofictional blog. Such blogs are explored here as forms of digital literature, combining literary analysis and interviews with the authors. The blogs analysed give readers a glimpse into the daily lives, feelings and aspirations of the Egyptian youth who have pushed the country towards a revolution. The narratives are also indicative of significant aesthetic and political developments taking place in Arabic literature and culture, giving an insight to the mindset of Arab youth in times of a cultural and political revolution.

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Six years before the Egyptian revolution of January 2011, many young Egyptians had resorted to blogging as a means of self-expression and literary creativity. This resulted in the emergence of a new literary genre: the autofictional blog. Such blogs are explored here as forms of digital literature, combining literary analysis and interviews with the authors. The blogs analysed give readers a glimpse into the daily lives, feelings and aspirations of the Egyptian youth who have pushed the country towards a revolution. The narratives are also indicative of significant aesthetic and political developments taking place in Arabic literature and culture, giving an insight to the mindset of Arab youth in times of a cultural and political revolution.