A view from the moon : allegories of representation in Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm and H. G. Wells
Other Title(s)
رؤية من القمر : مجازات التمثيل عند توفيق الحكيم و ﻫ. ج. ويلز
Author
Source
Alif : Journal Of Comparative Poetics
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 39 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.63-90, 28 p.
Publisher
American University at Cairo Department of English and Comparative Literature
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
28
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This article presents a comparative reading of Egyptian playwright Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm's play Poet on the Moon (1972) and British science-fiction author H.
G.
Wells' novel The First Men in the Moon (1901).
It reveals new insights on al-Ḥakīm's familiarity with Wells and examines his contribution to transnational drama through a discussion of his theater of the mind in the framework of his "intellectual popular non-realism." This article argues that both authors employ allegories of representation to question the limits of scientific knowledge and artistic expression, yet al-Ḥakīm asserts a transnational aesthetics inspired by Sufism to challenge colonial epistemologies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tabur, Marwah. 2019. A view from the moon : allegories of representation in Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm and H. G. Wells. Alif : Journal Of Comparative Poetics،Vol. 2019, no. 39, pp.63-90.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059402
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tabur, Marwah. A view from the moon : allegories of representation in Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm and H. G. Wells. Alif : Journal Of Comparative Poetics No. 39 (2019), pp.63-90.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059402
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tabur, Marwah. A view from the moon : allegories of representation in Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm and H. G. Wells. Alif : Journal Of Comparative Poetics. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 39, pp.63-90.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059402
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Record ID
BIM-1059402