Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru

Midaq Alley by the Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz has been hailed as a powerful and faithful portrayal of the working classes of Cairo society. In analyzing the text, the article has availed itself of a homegrown analytical framework, Persuratan Baru, which is capable of transcending specificities o...

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Main Author: Ungku Maimunah Mohd Tahir
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Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2010
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spelling ukm-10252016-12-14T06:28:36Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1025/ Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru Ungku Maimunah Mohd Tahir, Midaq Alley by the Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz has been hailed as a powerful and faithful portrayal of the working classes of Cairo society. In analyzing the text, the article has availed itself of a homegrown analytical framework, Persuratan Baru, which is capable of transcending specificities of not only areas and regions but also cultures and religions. Persuratan Baru argues that a story is a vehicle for purposes of developing discourses and disseminating ideas. Against the backdrop of this concern, the article contends that Midaq Alley prioritises story over knowledge, at the same time as its narrative space is given over to details, embellishments and an absence of a moral centre.Thus, whilst Midaq Alley may come across as a powerful realistic novel, it nevertheless falls short of the key concern that stories develop discourses and disseminate knowledge,congruent with the Islamic literary tradition of using the pen to teach. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1025/1/Ungku_Maimunah.pdf Ungku Maimunah Mohd Tahir, (2010) Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 16 (1). pp. 74-99. ISSN 0128-5157 http://www.ukm.my/~ppbl/3L/3LHome.html
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description Midaq Alley by the Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz has been hailed as a powerful and faithful portrayal of the working classes of Cairo society. In analyzing the text, the article has availed itself of a homegrown analytical framework, Persuratan Baru, which is capable of transcending specificities of not only areas and regions but also cultures and religions. Persuratan Baru argues that a story is a vehicle for purposes of developing discourses and disseminating ideas. Against the backdrop of this concern, the article contends that Midaq Alley prioritises story over knowledge, at the same time as its narrative space is given over to details, embellishments and an absence of a moral centre.Thus, whilst Midaq Alley may come across as a powerful realistic novel, it nevertheless falls short of the key concern that stories develop discourses and disseminate knowledge,congruent with the Islamic literary tradition of using the pen to teach.
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Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru
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title Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru
title_short Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru
title_full Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru
title_fullStr Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru
title_full_unstemmed Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on Mohd. Affandi Hassan’s theoretical framework,Persuratan Baru
title_sort midaq alley by naguib mahfouz:an analytical appraisal based on mohd. affandi hassan’s theoretical framework,persuratan baru
publisher Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
publishDate 2010
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