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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Cohen-Mor, Dalya, 1948- Matter of fate. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (OCoLC)606516371 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dalya Cohen-Mor |
| ISBN: | 0195133986 9780195133981 |
| OCLC Number: | 41273171 |
| Notes: | Includes translations of sixteen Arabic stories into English. |
| Description: | xxiv, 320 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | God's will: the principle of the prime mover -- The wheel of time: the agent of corrosion -- Character: the prison of life -- Custom: the yoke of tradition -- Gender: the female experience -- Class and capital: the trap of poverty and tyranny -- Chance: the random arbiter -- To wish or not to wish? the double-edged sword. |
| Responsibility: | Dalya Cohen-Mor. |
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Abstract:
This work examines the evolution of the concept of fate in the Arab world through the readings of religious texts, poetry, fiction, and folklore. The contention is that belief in fate has retained its vitality and continues to play a pivotal role in the Arab outlook on life and psychology.
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The study is lucid and scholarly, and never moves away from its focus. Middle East Journal
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- Fate and fatalism in literature.
- Arabic literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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- Arabisch.
- Letterkunde.
- Het Lot.
- Destin et fatalisme dans la littérature.
- Littérature arabe -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
- Destin et fatalisme -- Aspect religieux -- Islam.
- Islam.
- Literatur.
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- Fatalismus.
- Araber.
