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English/Arabic Literary Relations –Final Exam-272/01….Mon.Jan.7,2002
Choose two Parts to answer :

Part A : Drama
a.1a. Analyze Jabra’s statement in his article titled “ Modern Arabic Literature and the West” in terms
of Arabic drama in general –its contents and techniques : ‘….Such then is the paradox that marks 
Arabic thought today : as the Arabs…have become more and more politically alienated from the
west ,their literature has been subject to more and more influences from it .’
a.2.a. Does Al-farafir underlie the above statement in a.1.?
a.2.b. Explain with examples with reference to the playwright’s other writings (titles) in poetry,
fiction,and non-fiction and the use of standard /colloquial Arabic. 
a.3.a. Does The Tree Climber underlie the above statement in a.1.?
a.3.b.Explain with examples with reference to the playwright’s other writings (titles) in poetry, fiction,
and non-fiction and the use of standard /colloquial Arabic.

 

Part B : Fiction

b.1. In the trilogy though Britain seems as Egypt’s colonizer and later ally, Mahfouz lets some 
characters participate in anti-British demonstrations seeking independence from Britain .

b.1.a.Discuss this statement with reference to these situations and characters in each part of the
trilogy ( name the part). 
b.1.b.How does Mahfouz(directly or indirectly)represent his views?

b2. Mustafa Saeed in Al-Tayyib Salih does not share the British’s statement : “ You , Mr Saeed are
the best example of the fact that our civilizing mission in Africa is of no avail. After all the efforts
we’ve made to educate you , it’s as if you’d come out of the jungle for the first time.”

b.2.a.Who is this British ( the speaker)?

 b.2.b. What was the situation?Explain. b.2.c.Does 
Mastafa agree or disagree ? Why ? b.2 .d. When does Mastafa Saeed say this statement :“….Yes,
my dear sirs ,I came as an invader into your very homes : a drop of poison which you have injected
into the veins of history . ‘I am no Othello. Othello was a lie.’” Who is the speaker
and listener(s)?

 b.2.e.Analyze this statement in terms of socio-political and psychological
confrontation between the Arab world and the west. b.2.f.What is the novelist’s theme ? Explain.

 

Part C : Poetry

c.1. Arab poets, however rebellious, are never negligent of tradition.c.1.a. Explain this statement and show how the influence
of T.S.Eliot on them helps (does not) the “continuity of tradition in most revolutionary poem of our time.” 

c.1.b. Use this poem “Buwab …/I wish I would have drowned in the very depths of my blood/That I might have
carried the burden with humankind/And resurrected life. Verily, my death is a triumph!” to analyze the
statement in c.1.( Mention the title of this poem and the poet-name.) 

c.2.a. Compare Jabra’s “A blade of grass split a stone …/It is the miracle of thunder to the waste land,/…and rain poured.”
and Sayigh’s “My land is a waste land /…My land/ Is a handful of earth /Which I lost.” in terms
of the symbols of the “waste land”.

c.2.b.the titles of these two poems, and c.2.c.the two poets’ lives,alienation,and visions.
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