ARB 3901 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Ibn Tufail, Petite Bourgeoisie, French Literature
12 Apr 2018
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The position was a reaction against the creed of art for art"s sake and against the. Bourgeois writer, whose obligation was to his craft rather than his audience. Engagement is an individual moral challenge that involved the responsibility of adapting his freely made choices to socially useful ends. The most prolific and interesting novels came first from egypt. Nagib mahfouz was the most productive in the 1940s and 1950s. He depicted the lives of the petty bourgeoisie of egypt with their anxieties and confusions in a world becoming strange to them. Petit bourgeoisie- people who had a high school or low education with a job. Some arab women novelists: leila balbaki, ghada al-samman, layla osserian- ahlam. April 27: write in ink not pencil, arrive before the start time, minimum answer is 100 words. Ibn tufail and significance on arabic lit and european lit.
