The city as represented in Teju Cole’s open city and Ibrahim Abdel Meguid’s no one sleeps in Alexandria
Other Title(s)
صورة المدينة في رواية "المدينة المفتوحة" لتيجو كول و "لا أحد ينام في الإسكندرية" لإبراهيم عبد المجيد
Author
Source
Journal of Scientific Research in Arts
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 18 (31 Dec. 2017)24 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University Faculty of Women for Arts Science and Education
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
24
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Living in our global world today of migration and multiculturalism is living without boundaries but with differences.
Diversity is thus a key feature of modernism and post-modernism.
How do cities embrace these differences? How do we read the city? How does the city affect and define its inhabitants and migrants? How are writers inspired and overwhelmed by the city and how do they interpret their experiences in literary texts? What is the relationship between the city and the text? The aim of this paper is to read the city of New York and Alexandria in the literary works of Teju Cole‟s Open City and Ibrahim Abdel Meguid‟s No One Sleeps in Alexandria.
The paper will explore how each writer reads his city and translates his experiences in the text.
Wavering between two cities, “the city of feelings” and “the city of facts”, Julius and Magd al-Din are wandering as strangers and flâneurs in the streets of New York and Alexandria.
The paper follows their experiences of living with difference as they are being exposed to/by the city.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nasr, Raniya Rida. 2017. The city as represented in Teju Cole’s open city and Ibrahim Abdel Meguid’s no one sleeps in Alexandria. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts،Vol. 2017, no. 18.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nasr, Raniya Rida. The city as represented in Teju Cole’s open city and Ibrahim Abdel Meguid’s no one sleeps in Alexandria. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts No. 18 (2017).
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nasr, Raniya Rida. The city as represented in Teju Cole’s open city and Ibrahim Abdel Meguid’s no one sleeps in Alexandria. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-881780
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes margin notes.
Record ID
BIM-881780