Abstract
Basilius Hanna Bawardi's article "The literature of Lebanese-Phoenician nationalism: al-Taswini - first novel in Lebanese language as a textual model" shows how the particularistic Lebanese-Phoenician ideology used literature as a tool adherent to help them disseminate both the ideology and its slogans through the cultural arena. The study traces the development of Lebanese-Phoenician nationalist movement and studies its influence on Arabic literature and the way it managed to create a new literature which then served to strengthen its national ideas. The article introduces the main representatives of Lebanese-Phoenician nationalism, especially Charl Qurm (1894-1963), Sa'id 'Aql (born 1912) and Moris 'Awwad (born 1934). It deals with 'Aql's revolutionary statement to abandon classical Arabic and to use the colloquil Lebanese dialect, along with Latin letters. As for 'Awwad, the study focuses on his novel called al-Taswini (The Fence), as a textual model for the literally activity of his separatist ideology.
| Translated title of the contribution | The literature of Lebanese-Phoenician nationalism: al-Taswini - first novel in "Lebanese language" as a textual model |
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| Original language | Arabic (Israel) |
| Pages (from-to) | pp. 7-79 (Arabic section) |
| Journal | الكرمل al-Karmil: Studies in Arabic language and literature |
| Volume | 21-22 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
IHP Publications
- ihp
- Arabic language -- Dialects
- Arabic language -- Spoken Arabic
- Arabic literature -- 20th century
- Arabic literature -- Lebanon
- Ideology
- Lebanon -- Nationality
- Nationalism in literature
- Phoenicians
- ʻAql, Saʻīd
- ʻAwwād, Mūrīs