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Isma'il Fahd Isma'il: A thematic study of his novels.

dc.contributor.authorAl-Ajmi, Mursel F. S. A.
dc.contributor.advisorLeGassick, Trevor
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-30T16:49:46Z
dc.date.available2016-08-30T16:49:46Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.identifier.urihttp://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:9023504
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/128471
dc.description.abstractOf all Kuwaiti novelists, Isma'il Fahd Isma'il is the only one who has established himself as an important novelist among his generation in the Arab world. With his first novel Kanat al-Sama'Zarqa (The Sky Was Blue) in 1970, Isma'il Fahd Isma'il was introduced to the Arabic literary scene with great enthusiasm by the Egyptian poet Salah 'Abd al-Sabur. The novel was soon widely recognized for its importance. Since 1970 Isma'il Fahd Isma'il has published 11 novels. The most striking characteristic of these novels is their diversity of subject and theme. Beginning with the theme of Iraqi society in the 60s, he has dealt with such diverse themes as the Palestinian question, the issue of terrorism, Kuwaiti society and Egyptian history. To facilitate understanding and appreciation of this novelist and his work, this study begins with a historical background of Kuwait with special emphasis on the intellectual and fictional development. The second chapter presents a biographical sketch of the author's life and discusses the personal, political and intellectual factors which shaped his intellectual and artistic development. The third chapter deals with the aftermath of June 1967 which caused the author to change his political ideology in a radical manner. The fourth chapter touches the works written about Kuwaiti society, and the fifth chapter deals with the historical novel written about Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century. The aim of this study is to achieve two things, first to explain the underlying reasons for the diversity of subject matter in the author's work, and second to present a comprehensive thematic study of those works.
dc.format.extent211 p.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoEN
dc.subjectFahd
dc.subjectHis
dc.subjectIl
dc.subjectIsm\=a'\=\i L
dc.subjectIsma
dc.subjectKuwait
dc.subjectNovels
dc.subjectStudy
dc.subjectThematic
dc.titleIsma'il Fahd Isma'il: A thematic study of his novels.
dc.typeThesis
dc.description.thesisdegreenamePhDen_US
dc.description.thesisdegreedisciplineLanguage, Literature and Linguistics
dc.description.thesisdegreedisciplineMiddle Eastern literature
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantorUniversity of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/128471/2/9023504.pdf
dc.owningcollnameDissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's)


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