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Sawad Hussain
Sawad Hussain is a writer and translator of contemporary Arabic literature into English, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She is known for her award-winning translations, as lecturer and speaker on the field of literary translation and for her contributions to contemporary Arabic literature in English-language publications. Life and career Hussain graduated with an MA in Modern Arabic literature from the SOAS University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. Apart from her translations of Arabic novels and short stories into English, she is a regular contributor to literary journals such as ArabLit and Asymptote (magazine), Asymptote magazine. Through her participation in international conferences and workshops, she is active in mentoring literary translators and in developing the field of literary translation in general. She has been a lecturer and guest speaker at numerous literary events, including the Shubbak Festival of Contemporar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Arabic Literature
The instance that marked the shift in Arabic literature towards modern Arabic literature can be attributed to the contact between Arab world and the West during the 19th and early 20th century. This contact resulted in the gradual replacement of Classical Arabic forms with Western ones. Genres like plays, novels, and short stories were coming to the fore. Although the exact date in which this reformation in literary production occurred is unknown, the rise of modern Arabic literature was "inseparable" from the Nahda, also referred to as the Arab Renaissance. Aleppine writer Qustaki al-Himsi (1858–1941) is credited with having founded modern Arabic literary criticism, with one of his works, ''The researcher's source in the science of criticism''. Context The development that Arabic Literature witnessed by the end of the 19th century was not merely in the form of reformation; for both maronite Germanos Farhat (died 1732) and al-Allusi in Iraq had previously attempted to inflict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |