This dissertation is a modest attempt at examining the literary and historical back-grounds pertaining to the evolution of the travel genre in Arabic literature. The study's main objective is to pursue the literary, historical, and sociopolitical proofs that the travel genre in the Arab Islamic culture, did not only provide the medium of self expression and identity since the early beginnings of the Arabic culture, but eventually evolved into becoming an integral part in the creation of the modern Arabic literary forms. The travel genre or rahil in the poetic and narrative compositions of the pre-Islamic legendaries, such as the poets Imru al-Qais and Antara ibn-Shaddad, as well as, the poet and ascetic Umayah bin abi al-Salt, provide evidence as to the early use of the travel genre to articulate themes of individual, cultural, and religious magnitudes. Whereas the travel narratives of Ibn Jubayr, Ibn Battuta, and Ibn Khaldun, employ the inherited actual and spiritual properties of the travel genre to describe and discern the state of the Islamic Ummah, or community, as well as their place in it, the Maqamas of the travelers al-Tahtawi, al-Shidyaq, and al-Muwaylihi, expanded the use of the genre to articulate intercultural dialogues on both individual and national levels. The writings of the 1988 Nobel Laureate for literature Najib Mahfuz, the leading Arab feminist Nawal al-Sa'adawi, and the diplomat and author Yahya Haqqi, not only help infuse the inherited Arabic travel motif with new realizations of the East-West dichotomy, but also initiate the contemporary literary trends to reconcile the two cultures.
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In order to examine the evolution of the travel genre in the pre-Islamic era, the main works consulted are, Dr. Jawad Ali's book, al-Mufassal fi Tarikh al-Arab qabla al-Islam or, The Detailed in the History of the Arabs before Islam. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ibn Battuta, Ibn Fattuma, New York, Najib Mahfuz, Muhammad Ali, Yahya Haqqi, Salama Musa, Albert Hourani, Middle East, Muhammad Abduh, Ahmad Faris, Muhammad All, Oxford University Press, Roger Allen, Ian Richard Netton, Taha Husayn, The Seven Odes, Third World, Franz Rosenthal, Great Britain, Jawad Ali, Jawad All, Los Angeles, Miriam Cooke, Princeton University Press New!
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In order to examine the evolution of the travel genre in the pre-Islamic era, the main works consulted are, Dr. Jawad Ali's book, al-Mufassal fi Tarikh al-Arab qabla al-Islam or, The Detailed in the History of the Arabs before Islam. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ibn Battuta, Ibn Fattuma, New York, Najib Mahfuz, Muhammad Ali, Yahya Haqqi, Salama Musa, Albert Hourani, Middle East, Muhammad Abduh, Ahmad Faris, Muhammad All, Oxford University Press, Roger Allen, Ian Richard Netton, Taha Husayn, The Seven Odes, Third World, Franz Rosenthal, Great Britain, Jawad Ali, Jawad All, Los Angeles, Miriam Cooke, Princeton University Press New!
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- History of the Arabs, Revised: 10th Edition by Philip Hitti on 5 pages
- Travels of Ibn Jubayr by J.C. Broadhurst on 4 pages
- Persian Letters by Charles Louis Baron de Montesquieu on 4 pages
- Golden Roads: Migration, Pilgrimage and Travel in Medieval and Modern Islam by Ian Richard Netton on 4 pages
- Persian Letters (Penguin Classics) by Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu on 4 pages
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