Dystopia in Arabic Speculative Fiction

Dystopia in Arabic Speculative Fiction

A Poetics of Distress

Elmeligi, Wessam

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2024

184

Mole

9781032303864

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Acknowledgements

Introduction: Reading Distress as a Narrative of Arabic Speculative Fiction.

Part One: Authoritarianism and Distress in Arabic Speculative Fiction






Isolation and the Dystopia of Place
1. Mistrust in Quest Dystopia: Naguib Mahfouz's The Journey of Ibn Fattouma and Ezzedin Eassa's The Facade.

2. Inflexibility in Parallel Dystopia:

Ahmed Khaled Towfik's Utopia and Nihad Sharif's Residents of the Second World.




Self-Estrangement and the Dystopia of Time
3. Mistrust in Cyberpunk Dystopia:

A?mad Wild Islim's The Outsider and Mahmoud Othman's Revolution 2053: The Beginning.

4. Inflexibility in Cultural Dystopia:

al-Hadi Thabit's What if Hannibal Returns and Lina Kilani's The Seeds of the Devil



Part Two: Inequity and Distress in Arabic Speculative Fiction






Meaninglessness and the Dystopia of the Mind
5. Mistrust in Psychological Dystopia:

?iba ?a?mad al- ?Ibrahim's The Pale Human and ?umar ?aziq's The First Novelist of the City

6. Inflexibility in Intellectual Dystopia:

Mohammad Rabie's Planet Amber and Buthayna Al-Essa's The Guardian of the Surface of the World.




Normlessness and the Dystopia of the Apocalypse

7. Mistrust in Post-Revolt Dystopia: Basma Abdel Aziz's The Queue and Mohammad Rabie's Otared.

8. Inflexibility in Post-War Dystopia: Wasini al-A?raj's 2084: The Tale of the Last Arab and A?mad al- Za?tari's Bending Over the Corpse of Amman

Conclusion: Distress, Dystopia, and a Speculative Fiction Turn in Arabic Literature

References

Index
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Arabic Literature;Distress;Dystopia;Psychological Distress;Speculative Fiction;Dystopian Worlds;Young Man;Held;Main Character;Follow;Dystopian Fiction;Science Fiction;Fake;Shahrayar;Anomaly;North;Dystopian Element;Hayy Ibn Yaqzan;Ibn Tufayl;Dystopian Societies;Extra-terrestrial;Arabian Nights;Omnipresent;Tattoo;Shrugging;Utopian Existence;Post-War;Kidnapped