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@Arabicelit: Electronic Literature in the Arab World

@Arabicelit: Electronic Literature in the Arab World

Hosny, Reham
Ensslin, Astrid
Mencía, María

Hardcover

Series: Electronic Literature

Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesGeneral Sociology

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 26, 2026

ISBN10: 1501376462
ISBN13: 9781501376467
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Nov 26 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In this open access book, Reham Hosny delves into the idiosyncrasies of Arabic electronic literature (e-lit), examining its rich historical roots and contemporary evolution.

@arabicelit offers a comprehensive exploration of Arabic electronic literature, tracing its lineage from 12th-century Arabic poetry to modern digital forms. Through an interdisciplinary lens that incorporates literary studies, digital humanities and critical theory, this book investigates how Arabic e-lit is shaped by its historical, cross-cultural and sociopolitical contexts.

The first chapter uncovers the classical precursors of e-lit, while subsequent chapters tackle the challenges and potential of this emerging field, including language barriers and the digital divide. A unique annotated bibliography serves as a resource for analysing Arabic e-lit, and a new classification framework is proposed to better understand its diverse forms. The book also adopts a cultural materialist perspective to explore the dynamics of Arabic social media texts and examines cross-cultural digital literary approaches by comparing Arabic and American e-lit works. Finally, the conclusion anticipates the future of Arabic e-lit in the age of artificial intelligence. This book is essential reading for scholars, students and enthusiasts of digital literature and Middle Eastern studies, offering fresh insights into a rapidly evolving literary landscape.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

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