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Annual Conference on Contemporary Arabic Literature (2nd)
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Conference |
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The War Novel |
Beirut campus |
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Lebanese American University |
May 3-4, 2000 |
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| "The aim of this conference is to explore the manner in which works of fiction have dealt with the long and complicated war in Lebanon. The physical devastation perpetuated by the war had a strong effect on people, yet the impact was all the more destructive when it came to people's sense of commitment, memories and feelings. Therefore, it is not surprising that the war permeates works written by Lebanese and non-Lebanese writers either in the plot and incidents, or background and general atmosphere." "The purpose of the conference is to study and evaluate the war novel and track the course of its development. Four panels are distributed according to geographical affiliation. The first is on Arab writers, the second on authors who write in foreign languages and the third on Lebanese writers. The aim of the fourth panel is to initiate a dialogue that may uncover differences and expose diverse points of view." |
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The Lebanese War in the Arabic Novel |
Moderator: Samah Idriss |
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Salah Fadl |
Egyptian Writers' Perception of the Lebanese War |
Nabil Sleiman |
Syrian Fictional Representation of the Lebanese War |
Fakhri Saleh |
The Image of the Lebanese War in Fictional Texts isn Palestine and Jordan |
Mou'nes Al Razaz |
The Lebanese War and the Novel: A Personal Testimony |
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The Lebanese War in World Literature |
Moderator: Angelika Neuwirth |
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Mona Amyouni |
The Francophone War Novel |
Juergen Wertheimer |
Nicholas Borns "Die Faelschung." War Games and Medial Manipulation |
Adnan Haydar |
Writing the War: The Lebanese Novel in English |
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The Lebanese War in Local Fiction |
Moderator: Abdo Wazen |
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Kenneth Seigneurie |
Narrative Form and Function in Hassan Daoud's "House of Matilde" |
Youmna El Eid |
The Protagonist in Lebanese War Fiction |
George Geha |
Has the Lebanese War Novel Been Written? |
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How Do We Narrate the War? |
Moderator: Latif Zeitouni |
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open discussion |
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