(1)
Professor Sabry Hafez
Leader of The Research
Project
Narrating and Imaging the Nation
B.A. in Sociology and Social Work with First Class
Honours, Cairo, 1962
Postgraduate Diploma (MA) in Criticism and Dramatic
Literature with First Classs Honours, The Academy of
Arts, Cairo, Egypt., 1970. MA thesis: “Chekhov's Drama :
a Critical Study of his Plays”.
Ph.D. in Modern Arabic Literature, School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London, 1979. Thesis: “The
Rise and Development of the Egyptian Short Story (18811970)”. Awarded Richter Memorial Prize for the best PhD
thesis in University of London 1079.
Worked as Lecturer in Drama and Criticism, the Higher
Institute of Dramatic Arts, Cairo (1971-73). Lector in
Arabic at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford,
attached to St Antony's College, University of Oxford
(1978-79). Lector in Arabic at the Center for Arabic
Studies, the American University of Cairo, (1980-81).
Lecturer in Arabic, Department of Arabic and Islamic
Studies, University of Edinburgh, (1981-82). Lecturer in
Arabic jointly at the Institute of Oriental Languages,
University of Stockholm, and the Institute of Semitic
Studies, University of Uppsala, (1982-84). Visiting
Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and
Cultures, University of California at Los Angeles, (198586). Lecturer in Arabic at the School of Oriental and
African
Studies,
University
of
London,
(1988-93).
Professor of Modern Arabic and comparative literature in
the University of London, at the School of Oriental and
African Studies, (1993-present).
In 1998
Professor Hafez was selected as one of 9
members of the Panel for Modern Languages of The Arts and
Humanities Research Board (AHRB) which is responsible for
financing the research in modern languages in all British
Universities.
Short List of Publications
I. Authored Books:
a. In English:
1. The Genesis of Narrative Discourse: A Study in
the Sociology of Modern Arabic Literature, (London,
Al-Saqi Books, 1992), pp 320.
2. The Modern Egyptian Short Story: A Study in the
Development of a Literary Genre: (forthcoming).
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b. In Arabic:
1. MasraΩ
Tish¬k‚f:
Dir®sah
Naqdiyyah
liMasraΩiyy®tih (Chekhov's Drama: A Critical Study of
his Plays): Baghdad, Al-ºuriyyah Li-l-fiib®‘ah,
1973, pp. 204.
2. Al-RaΩ¬l il® Mudun al-ºulm: Dirasah fi Shi‘r
‘Abd al-Wahh®b al-Bayy®ti (Departure to the Cities
of Dream: A Study in the Poetry of ‘Abd al-Wahhab
al-Bayyati): Damascus, IttiΩ®d al-Kutt®b al-‘Arab,
1973, pp. 222.
3. AΩ®d¬th Ma‘ Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙ (Conversations with
Naguib Mahfouz): Beirut, D®r al-‘Awdah, 1977, pp.
224.
4. Al-Tajr¬b wa-l-MasraΩ: Dir®s®t wa-Mush®had®t fi
al-MasraΩ
al-Ingl¬zi
(Experimentation
in
the
Theatre: Studies and Reviews of the English
Theatre): Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mmah
li-l-Kit®b, 1984, pp. 216.
5. Al-Adab
wa-l-Thawrah
(Literature
and
Revolution):`Beirut,D®r al-Tanw¬r,1984, pp. 360.
6. Istishr®f al-Shi‘r: Dir®s®t fi Naqd al-Shi‘r
al-‘Arabi al-ºad¬th (Approaching Poetry: Studies in
the Criticism of Modern Arabic Poetry): Cairo, AlHay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mmah li-l-Kit®b, 1985, pp
264.
7. Al-Qi◊◊ah al-‘Arabiyyah wa-l-ºad®thah: Dir®sah
fi §liyy®t Taghayyur al-ºas®siyah al-Adabiyyah
(Arabic Narrative and Modernism: A Study of the
Dynamics
of
Change
in
Literary
Sensibility):
Baghdad, Wiz®rat al-Thaq®fah, 1990, pp. 208.
8. Sur®diq®t Min Waraq: Dir®s®t Wad®‘iyyah waTa’ammul®t fi Man®qib al-R®Ωil¬n (Appreciations:
Evaluative Studies on the Work and Role of 13 Arab
Writers): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r alThaq®fah, 1991, pp. 258.
9. Jadal
Al-Ru’®
al-Mutagh®yirah:
Qa¥®y®
alThaq®fah wa-ºiw®r al-Muthaqqaf¬n (The Dialectics of
Changing Visions: Cultural Issues and Intellectual
Dialogues): Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mmah
li-l-Kit®b, 1992, pp. 400.
10. MaΩm‚d Darw¬sh: Silsilat al-Shi‘r wa-l-Shu‘ar®’,
(An Anthology of the Poetry of Mahmud Darwish)
edited with a critical introduction and detailed
textual notes, (Cairo, D®r al-Fat® al-‘Arabi,
1994), pp. 192.
11. Ufuq al-Khiߨb al-Naqdi (Horizons of Critical
Discourse), Cairo, D®r Sharqiyy®t, 1996, pp. 254.
12. Sur®diq®t
Min
Waraq:
Dir®s®t
Wad®‘iyyah
waTa’ammul®t
fi
Man®qib
al-R®Ωil¬n,
Part
II,
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(Appreciations: Evaluative Studies on the Work and
Role of 15 Arab Writers): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah, 1998, pp. 503.
13. Mar®y® al-Dh®t al-’Ukhr®: RiΩlah il® Jan‚b Afriqy®
(Mirrors of the Other Self: A Journey to South
Africa): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r alThaq®fah, 1999, pp.360.
14. Jam®liyy®t
al-Riw®yah
al-Jad¬dah:
Dir®sah
fi
Riw®y®t al-Tis‘¬n®t (Aeasthetics of the New Novel:
Studies in the Novels of the 1990s in Egypt):
Cairo, al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah,
(forthcoming in Two Volumes)
15. Ta’w¬l al-Na◊◊ al-Riw®’i: Dr®sah fi Riw®y®t Naj¬b
MaΩf‚˙ (The Hermeneutic of Narrative Text: A Study
in the Novels of Naguib Mahfouz), Beirut, D®r al§d®b, , forthcoming.
II Edited Books:
A. In English and other European Languages:
1. A Reader of Modern Arabic Short Stories, edited with
C. Cobham (London, Al-Saqi Books, 1988), pp. 222.
2. Den Arabiske Verden Forteller (The Arab World’s
Narrators), edited with Gunvor Mejdell, (Oslo,
Bokklubben Kunnskap og Kultur, 1997), pp. 620.
3.
Modern Arabic Criticism: An Anthology of Modern
Critical Discourse: A study of the impact of modern
critical theory on contemporary Arabic criticism and
an anthology of this criticism translated into
English. (forthcoming)
B. In Arabic:
1.
Y‚suf Idr¬s; Sitt‚n ‘§m® min al-Fann al-Jam¬l
(Yusuf Idris: Sixty Years of Creativity) edited with
an introduction, Cairo, Adab wa-Naqd, 1987, pp. 215.
2. Twaf¬q al-ºak¬m: Ta’ammul®t fi al-Adab wa-’l-Fann
(An edited and introduced Anthology of al-Hakim’s
Essays): Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r alThaq®fah, 1998, pp. 599.
3. Uff (An edited and introduced Anthology of the Short
stories of Zakariyy®T®mir): Cairo, al-Hay’ah al‘§mmah li-Qu◊‚r al-Thaq®fah, 1998, pp.347.
4. Ruww®d al-Fann al-Qa◊a◊i: MaΩm‚d fi®hir L®sh¬n alA‘m®l al-K®milah (The Pioneers of Narrative Fiction:
MaΩm‚d fi®hir L®sh¬n, the Collected Works), Cairo,
The Supreme Council for Culture, 1999, pp.628.
III Translated Books
1. D¬w®n al-Qiflafl: Tarjamah wa-Taqd¬m (T. S. Eliot's
The Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: An Arabic
translation with textual notes and a critical
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introduction), Cairo, Al-Hay’ah
‘§mmah li-l-Kit®b, 1986, pp. 108.
al-Mi◊riyyah
al-
IV. Chapters in Books:
a. In English, French, Dutch and Catalan:
1. “Innovation in the Egyptian Short Story” in Studies
in Modern Arabic Literature, ed. by R. C. Ostle,
(Warminister, Aris and Phillips, 1976), pp. 99-113.
2. “The Egyptian Novel in the Sixties”, in Critical
Perspectives on Modern Arabic Literature, ed. I. J.
Boullata, (New York, Three Continents Press, 1980),
pp. 171-90.
3. “Le choc des cultures”, preface for Yehia Haqqi's
Choc, Nouvelles Traduites de l'aArabe par Charles
Vial et Sayyed Abul Naga, (Paris, Edition Denoël,
1991), pp. 7-20.
4. “Cultural Diversity and Euro-Arab Dialogue” in La
Diversitat
Cultutal
en
el
Diàleg
Nord-Sud,
(Barcelona, Department de Cultura de Catalunya,
1991), pp. 87-93.
5.
“The Modern Arabic Short Story”, in Cambridge
History
of
Arabic
Literature:
Modern
Arabic
Literature, ed. M.M. Badawi (Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 1992), pp. 270-328.
6.
“Bibliography of the Collections of Modern
Arabic Short Stories”, in Cambridge History of
Arabic Literature: Modern Arabic Literature, ed.
M.M. Badawi (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
1992), pp. 514-34.
7.
“El Discurs Narratiu Arab i les Politiques
Socials” in Gènre i Identitat Cultural: Ponències de
la Tercera Trobada de la Comissió Internacional de
Difuió
de
la
Cultura
Catalana,
(Barcelona,
Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1992), pp. 40727.
8. “De Transformatie van de Werkelijkheid en de
Esthetische Reactie in de Arabische Roman” in De
Arabische
Roman:
Identiteit
en
Sociale
Werkelijkheid, eds. Richard van Leeuwen and Ed De
Moor (Bussum, Netherlands: Continho B. V., 1994),
pp. 11-22.
9.
“Culinary Semiotic Codes in Modern Arabic
Literature” in Culinary Cultures of the Middle East,
eds. R Tapper and S. Zubaida (London. I.B. Tourus,
1994), pp. 260-88.
10. “L’Art en l’Èpoc de la Ciència i l’Amenaça
Ambiental” in
Art, Ciència i Medi Natural:
Ponències de la Quarta Trobada de la Comissió
Internacional de la Cultura Catalana, (Barcelona,
Department de Cultura de Catalunya, 1994), pp. 33944.
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11. “Towards a Typology of Women’s Narrative in Modern
Arabic Literature” in Love and Sexuality in Modern
Arabic Literature, eds. R. Allen, H. Kilpatrick and
Ed De Moor, (London, Saqi Books, 1994), pp. 135-55
and Notes pp. 233-36.
12. “Questions on the World of Y‚suf Idris’ Short
Stories” in Critical Perspectives on Yusus Idris,
(ed) Roger Allen (Washington D.C., Three Continents
Press, 1994), pp. 45-63.
13. “Edwar al-Kharrat: The Relative and the Absolute in
Avant-Garde Narrative” in The View from Within:
Writers
and
Critics
on
Contemporary
Arabic
Literature (eds) Ferial J. Ghazoul and Barbara
Harlow (Cairo, The American University Press, 1994),
pp. 228-45.
14. “Arabic Literature” in Britannica Book of the Year
1995 (Chicago,
Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.,
1995), p. 229.
15. “The transformation of the qasida form in Modern
Arabic poetry” in Qasida Poetry in Islamic Asia &
Africae: Classical Traditions & Modern Meanings
(eds) S. Sperl and C. Shackle, (Leiden: E.J. Brill,
1996), pp. 98-120.
16. “La Cultura Arab i els Matjans de Comunicaciò” in
Cultura i Comunicaciò: Ponències de la Sisena
Trobada de la Comissió Internacional de la Cultura
Catalana, (Barcelona, Department de Cultura de
Catalunya, 1995), pp. 326-372.
17. “Arabic Literature” in Britannica Book of the Year
1996 (Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 1996),
p. 238.
18. “Criticism in
Modern Arabic Literature” in
Contemporary Arab Writers, ed. Robert B. Campbell,
(Beirut, Herausgegelien von Orient-Institut der
Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1996), pp.
145-62.
19. “Yusuf Idris: 1927-1991”, in
African Writers I
(ed) C. Brian Cox (New York, Charles Scribner’s
Sons, 1997) pp. 345 - 65.
20. Introduction of and Chronology for the Everyman’s
edition of Naguib Mahfouz. The Cairo Trilogy (Cairo,
The American University in Cairo Press, 2001), pp.
Vii-xliii.
b. In Arabic:
1. “RiΩlat al-Bayy®ti Ma‘ al-N¬r®n wa-l-Kalim®t” (AlBayy®ti's Journey with Poetry), in Ma’s®t al-Ins®n
al-Mu‘®◊ir fi Shi‘r ‘Abd al-Wah®b al-Bayy®ti: Cairo,
al-D®r al-Mi◊riyyah li-l-flib®‘ah, 1966, pp. 127-154.
2. “N®s fi al-¯ill wa-Qa¥iyyat al-Nathr al-‘Arabi”
(People in the Shadow and the Question of Arabic
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Prose) in Sab‘‚n Sham‘ah fi ºay®t YaΩy® ºaqqi
(Haqqi: Seventy Years of Creativity), Cairo,
AlHay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah al-‘§mah li-l-Kit®b, 1975, pp.
221-40.
3. “Muqaddimah li-l-A‘m®l al-Shi‘riyyah al-K®milah liMuΩammad Ibr®h¬m Ab‚-Sinnah” (An Introduction to The
Complete Poetic Works of M. I. Abu-Sinnah): Cairo,
Madb‚li Publications, 1985, pp. 5-23.
4. “ºa◊®d al-‘Ayn al-H®di’ah: Dir®sah fi Aq®◊¬◊ YaΩy®
ºaqqi” (The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: A Study in the
Short Stories of Yahya Haqqi), in Dir®s®t fi alQi◊◊ah al-‘Arabiyyah: Beirut, Mu’assasat al-AbΩ®th
al-‘Arabiyyah, 1986, pp. 102-38.
5. “Bayt Min LaΩm: Dir®sah fi Binyat al-Qa◊◊” (A House
of Flesh: A Study in Narrative Structure) in Y‚suf
Idr¬s Biqalam Ha’‚l®’, Cairo, Maktabat Misr, 1986,
pp. 378-94.
6. “W®qi‘
al-Uq◊‚◊ah
al-Mi◊riyyah:
1952-80”
(The
Situation of the Egyptian Short Story: 1952-80) in
Al-MasΩ al-Thaq®fi Li-Mi◊r: Al-Markaz al-Qawmi li-lBuΩ‚th al-Ijtim®‘iyyah, 1986, pp. 360-403.
7. “Al-Naqd wa-l-ºarakah al-Adabiyyah fi Mi◊r: 1952-80”
(Criticism and the the Literary Movement in Egypt:
1952-80) in Al-MasΩ al-Thaq®fi Li-Mi◊r: Al-Markaz
al-Qawmi li-l-BuΩ‚th al-Ijtim®‘iyyah, 1986, pp. 32440.
8. “Mir®m®r: Traj¬dy® al-—uq‚fl wa-l-Øay®‘“ (Miramar:
The Tragic Representation of Loss and Decay” in
Rajul al-Qimmah: Dir®s®t fi Adab Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙ (Top
Writer: Studies on the Work of Naguib Mahfouz) ed.
Fa¥il al-Aswad: Cairo, Maktabat Mi◊r, 1989.
9. “Mas®r wa-l-Dir®m® al-Shi‘riyyah bayn al-Tajr¬d wal-Tajs¬d”
(Masar:
From
Abstract
to
Concrete
Representation in Poetic Drama), in Anwar Ja‘far
Poetic Drama Mas®r: Cairo, Al-Hay’ah al-Mi◊riyyah
al-‘§mah li-l-Kit®b, 1989, pp. 147-66.
10. “Ra’y §khar fi MasraΩiyyat Al-Mikhaflflafl¬n” A
Different Interpretation of al-Mikhaflflafl¬n in Y‚suf
Idr¬s: 1927-91, Cairo, Book Organization, 1991, pp.
574-89.
11. “Rij®l wa-Th¬r®n: TaΩl¬l Naqdi” (Critical Analysis
of Yusuf Idris' Novel Men and Oxen), in Y‚suf Idr¬s:
1927-91, Cairo, Book Organization, 1991, pp. 694703.
12. “Al-Muthaqaf al-‘Arabi wa-l-Sulflah” (The Arab
Intellectual and the Establishment), in ‘Awdat alIsti‘m®r: min al-Ghazw al-Thaq®fi il® ºarb alKhal¬j, London, Riad al-Rayyis Books, 1991, pp. 199212.
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13.
Critical
Analysis
of
MuΩammad
Shukri’s
Autobiography
in
MuΩammad
Shukri,
Al-Shuflfl®r,
London, Saqi Books, 1992, pp. 219-42.
14. “MuΩammad Ghunaimi Hil®l (1916-68)” in Ghunaimi
Hil®l Naqid® wa R®’id® fi Dr®sat al-Adab al-Muq®ran
(Hil®l: A Critic and a Pioneer of Comparative
Literature), edited by the Department of Rhetoric
and Literary Criticism in D®r al-Ul‚m, Cairo
University (Cairo, 1996), pp. 219-34.
15. "Taghayyur al-ºas®siyah al-Adabiyyah wa-TaΩawwul®t
al-Khifl®b al-Riw®’i al-‘Arabi" (Change of Literary
Sensibility and the Transformation of the Arabic
Novel) in AΩmad al-Haww®ri (ed) Shukri ‘Ayy®d: Jus‚r
wa-Muq®rab®t Thaq®fiyyah (Cairo, Manshur®t ‘Ayn,
1995), pp. 173-215.
16. "Binyat al-Khifl®b al-Nasawi wa-Istratijiyy®t alTat®bu‘
al-Kayfi"
(The
Structure
of
Feminist
Discourse
and
the
Strategies
of
Qualitative
Progression) in Lafl¬fah al-Zayy®t: al-Adab wa ’lWaflan,
ed.
Sayyid
al-BaΩr®wi
(Cairo,
N‚r
Publications, 1996), pp. 185-88.
17. “—‚rat al-Rajul fi Riw®y®t al-Mar’ah al-‘Arabiyyah”
(The Image of Man in the Novels of Arab Women) in
Al-Mar’ah al-‘Arabiyyah fi Muw®jahat al-‘A◊r (Arab
Women in Modern Age) (ed) Hud® al-—addah, (Cairo,
D®r N‚r, 1996), pp. 211-35.
18. “S®‘at Maghrib wa-’l-Sim®t al-Shi‘riyyah li-lQi◊◊ah al-Qa◊¬rah” (Sunset and the Poetics of the
Short Story) in MuΩammad al-Bis®fli, S®‘at Maghrib
(Cairo, D®r al-Hil®l, 1997), pp. 121-60.
19. “Fa¥®’ al-Ghurbah wa-’l-Shi‘r wa-’l-TaΩawwul®t”
(Space for Exile, Poetry and Transformations) in
Amjad N®◊ir, Khabfl al-AjniΩah (Beirut, Riyd ElRayyes, 1996), pp. 11-17.
20. The rest of the chapters will be included in the
full version of the list of publications.
V. Language Courses:
1. Intensive Arabic Course, (London, SOAS Publication,
1977-79), pp 231.
2. Colloquial Egyptian, I, with O.Wright, (London, SOAS
Publication, 1980), pp. 430.
3. Colloquial Egyptian, IIa and IIIa, with O.Wright,
(London, SOAS Publication, 1983), pp. 280.
VI. Articles:
a. In English:
1. “Yusuf Idris: the Man and his Work”, Azure, Vol 1,
1977, pp.60-2.
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2. “The Fiction of Yahya Haqqi”, Azure, Vol. 2, 1978,
pp. 45-9.
3. “A Complete Bibliography of Collections of Egyptian
Short
Stories:
1921-70”,
Journal
of
Arabic
Literature, Vol: XI, 1980, pp.123-38
4. “Social Polarization and Human Endurance in the
Fiction of MaΩm‚d Al-Badawi”, Journal of Arabic
Literature, Vol. XII, 1981, pp.101-24.
5. “The State of the Contemporary Arabic Novel”, The
Literary Review, Supplement on “The Arab Cultural
Scene”, June 1982, pp. 17-24.
6 “The Maturation of a New Literary Genre”, The
International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies,
Vol. 16, No. 3, 1984, pp. 367-89.
7. “Time and the Dialectics of Parallel Structures: An
Arabic Reading of The Name of the Rose,” Alif:
Journal of Comparative Poetics, Cairo, American
University in Cairo, Vol. 9, 1989, pp. 37-48.
8. “Intentions and Realisation in the Narrative of
Nawal El-Saadawi,” Third World Quarterly, Vol.11
No. 3, July 1989, pp. 188-98.
9. “The Modern Arabic Short Story: Problematics of
Scholarship”, Journal of Arabic Literature, XXIII,
1992, pp. 155-64.
10. “Modern Arabic Short Story: The Problematic of
Scholarship”, Journal of Arabic Literature, Vol.
xxiii, 1992, pp. 155-64.
11. “Salw® Bakr”, in Contemporary World Writers
(London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 43-4.
12. “Ma˙m‚d Darw¬sh”, in Contemporary World Writers,
(London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 137-39.
13. “Im¬l ºab¬b¬”, in Contemporary World Writers,
(London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 224-6.
14. “‘Abd al-RaΩm®n Mun¬f”, in Contemporary World
Writers, (London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 367-9.
15. “Naw®l Sa‘d®wi”, in Contemporary World Writers,
(London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 450-51.
16. “ºan®n al-Shaykh”, in Contemporary World Writers,
(London, St James Press, 1994), pp. 470-71.
17. “The Transformation of Reality and the Arabic
Novel’s Aesthetic Response”, BSOAS, LVII, 1, 1994,
pp. 93-112.
18. “The Quest for Freedom in Modern Arabic Theatre”
Journal of Arabic Literature, No xxvi, 1995.
19. “Narrative Codes of Shifting Identities: Arabic
Cinema
in
the
Maghrib”,
Alif:
Journal
of
Comparative Poetics, Cairo, American University in
Cairo, Vol 15, 1995.
20. “Story-Telling Techniques in the Arabian Nights”,
Journal of Semitics Studies, Vol: XL, No: 1, pp.
186-89.
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21. “Narrative Codes of Shifting Identities: Arabic
Cinema in the Maghrib” Alif: Journal of Comparative
Poetics, Cairo, American University in Cairo, Vol:
15, 1995, pp. 39-80.
22. “Sexual Politics and Narrative Strategies in
Modern
Arabic
Literature”
in
Alternation,
University of Durban Westville (South Africa), 2.2
(1995), pp. 15-39.
23. “The Quest for Freedom in Arabic Theatre”,
Journal of Arabic Literature, XXVI, No: 1-2, 1995,
pp. 10-36.
24. “The Novel, Politics and Islam”, New Left
review: second Series, 5, 2000, pp.117-141.
25. “Literary Innovations: Schools and Journals”,
Quaderni Di Studi Arabi, 18, Venice, 2000, pp. 1739.
b. Some of the Articles in Arabic:
1. “Al-Ittij®h al-Riw®’i al-Jad¬d ‘ind Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙”
(A New Narrative Trend in the Work of Naguib
Mahfouz), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, November 1963,
pp. 18-27. & pp. 18-24.
2. “Nakbat Filisfl¬n fi al-Riy®yah al-‘Arabiyyah” (The
Palestinian Question in the Arabic Novel), Majallat
al-§d®b, Beirut, April, 1964., 23-33.
3. “Al-Ramziyyah
wa-l-Shi‘r
al-‘Arabi
al-Mu‘®◊ir”
(Symbolism in Contemporary Arabic Poetry), Majallat
al-‘Ul‚m, Beirut, April 1964.
4. “Al-—amt wa-l-J®’i‘‚n il® al-ºurriyah in Al-fiar¬q
by MaΩf‚˙” (Silence and the Quest for Freedom in
Mahfouz's The Road), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, June
1964, pp. 18-26.
5. “Ghass®n Kanaf®ni wa Aq®◊¬◊ ‘an Filisfl¬n” (Ghassan
Kanafani and the Palestinian Short Story), Majallat
al-R®’id al-‘Arabi, Kuwait, February 1965, pp. 238.
6. “AΩl®m al-Sh®‘ir al-Qad¬m wa-Iltiz®matih” (The
Aspirations and Obligations of the Old Poet),
Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, March 1965, pp. 60-79.
7. “Ittij®h®t al-Riw®yah al-Mi◊riyyah ba‘d al-Thawrah”
(Trends in the Egyptian Novel in the PostRevolutionary Period), Majallat al-Majallah, Cairo,
July 1965.
8. “‘§dil K®mil wa-l-Riw®yah al-Mi◊riyyah” (Adil Kamil
and the Egyptian Novel), Majallat al-Majallah,
Cairo, January 1966, pp. 85-98.
9. “Mustaqbal Al-Uq◊‚◊ah al-Mi◊riyyah: Mal®mihuh waIttij®h®tuh” (The Future of the Egyptian Short
Story: its Characteristics and Trends), Majallat
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al-Majallah, Cairo, August, September and November
1966, pp. 8-24.
10. “MaΩm‚d fi®hir L®sh¬n wa-M¬l®d al-Uq◊‚◊ah alMai◊riyyah” (Lashin and the Birth of the Egyptian
Short Story), Majallat al-Majallah, Cairo, February
and March 1968.
11. “Uq◊‚◊at al-Raghab®t al-MuΩbaflah: Dir®sah liAq®◊¬◊ Idw®r al-Kharrafl” (The Short Story of
Frustrated Desires: A Study of the Work of Edward
al-Karrat), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, May and June
1969.
12. “Ajindat al-Adab fi al-Sitt¬n®t: MasΩ Naqdi”
(Bibliography of Egyptian Literature in the 1960s:
A Critical Survey), Majallat al-fial¬‘ah, Cairo,
January 1970.
13.
“Ab‘®d
al-Ma’s®h
Fawq
Khashabat
al-MasraΩ”
(Tragic Representations in Modern Arabic Theatre),
Majallat al-MasrΩ, December 1969, January and
February 1970.
14. “Al-D¬n wa-l-Falsafah fi Adab Naj¬b MaΩf‚˙”
(Religion and Philosophy in the Work of Naguib
Mahfouz), Majallat al-Hil®l, Cairo, February 1970,
pp. 116-27.
15.
“Q®’imah
Bibliogr®fiyyah
li-l-Riw®yah
alMi◊riyyah: 1869-1970” (A Complete Bibliography of
the Egyptian Novel: 1869-1970), Majallat al-Kit®b
al-‘Arabi, Cairo, July 1970, pp. 46-72.
16.
“Al-Mawjah
al-Jad¬dah
fi
al-Riw®yah
alMai◊riyyah” (The New Wave in the Egyptian Novel),
Majallat al-fial¬‘ah, Cairo, August 1971.
17. “Al-BaΩth ‘an Manhaj li-Naqd al-Shi‘r al-ºad¬th”
(The Search for Method in the Criticism of Modern
Arabic Poetry), Majallat al-fial¬‘ah, Cairo, April
1972.
18.
“Zakariyy®
T®mir:
Sh®‘ir
al-Uq◊‚◊ah
al‘Arabiyyah” (Zakariyya Tamir: The Poet of the
Arabic Short Story), Majallat al-fial¬‘ah, Cairo,
January 1973.
19. “Waqt Adun¬s Bayn al-Ram®d wa-l-Ward” (Adonis'
Time between Dust and Roses), Majallat al-§d®b,
Beirut, March 1973.
20. “MasraΩiyy®t Y‚suf Idr¬s al-‡l®” (Early Plays of
Yusuf Idris), Majallat al-§d®b, Beirut, August
1973.
21. “Al-Adab wa-l-Mujtama‘: Madkhal li-‘Ilm Ijtim®‘
al-Adab” (Literature and Society: An Introduction
to the Sociology of Literature), Fu◊‚l, Cairo,
January 1981, pp. 65-77.
22. “Qa◊a◊ YaΩy® al-fi®hir ‘Abdullah al-fiaw¬lah (The
Novellas of Yahya al-Tahir Abdullah), Majallat
Fu◊‚l, Cairo, 1982.
11
23.
“Kha◊®’i◊
al-Uq◊‚◊ah
al-Bin®’iyyah
waJam®liyy®tuh®” (The Structural Characteristics of
the Short Story and its Aesthetics), Majallat
Fu◊‚l, Cairo, July 1982, pp. 19-32.
24.
“Al-Riw®yah
Shakla
Adabiyy®
Wa-Mu’assasat
Ijtim®‘iyyah” (The Novel as a Literary Genre and as
a Social Institution), Majallat Fu◊‚l, Cairo,
October 1983, pp. 77-94.
25. “Istratijiyy®t al-ºad®thah wa-Jam®liyy®t alMak®n” (Modernistic Strategies and Poetics of Space
in Sad Heron), Majallat Fu◊‚l, Cairo, September
1984, pp. 159-79.
26.
“Al-Tan®◊◊
wa-Ish®riyy®t
al-‘Amal
al-Adabi”
(Intertextuality and the Semiotics of Literary
Work), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics,
American University in Cairo, IV, 1984, pp. 7-32.
27.
“Jam®liyy®t
al-ºas®siyah
al-Jad¬dah
wa-lTaghayyur
al-Thaq®fi”
(Aesthetics
of
Modern
Sensibility and Cultural Transition), Fu◊‚l, Cairo,
July 1986, pp. 73-94.
28. “Al-ºas®siyah al-Jad¬dah wa-Istikhd®m®t al-Mak®n
al-Adabiyyah: Dr®sah li-MiΩaflflat al-Sikkah al-ºad¬d
li-l-Kharr®fl (Modern Sensibility and the Literary
Use of Space: A Study of Kharrat's Railway
Station), Majallat Al-Aql®m, Baghdad, November/
December 1986, pp. 69-85.
29. “Al-Bid®y®t wa-Wa˙¬fatuh® fi al-Na◊◊ al-Qa◊a◊i”
(Beginnings and their Function in Narrative Text),
Majallat al-Karmal, Cyprus, January 1987, pp. 14177.
30. “Al-Na◊◊ Kamu‘®dil li-l-W®qi‘: Dir®sah fi alNuz‚l il® al-BaΩr” (The Text as Counter Reality: A
Study of Down to the Sea), Majallat Ibd®‘, Cairo,
February 1987, pp. 7-11.
31.
“Istiq◊®’®t
Tamh¬diyyah
ºawl
al-Qi◊◊ah
al‘Arabiyyah al-Qa◊¬rah” (Preliminary Investigations
of the Arabic Short Story), Majallat Ibd®‘, Cairo,
August 1988.
32. “Imra’ah min Øaw’ wa-l-Qi◊◊ah al-L¬biyyah” (A
Woman of Light and Libyan Narrative), Majallat al‘Arabi, Kuwait, February 1989.
33.
“Al-Riw®yah
wa-l-W®qi‘:
Dir®sah
fi
Aliyy®t
Taghayyur al-Binyah al-Riw®’iyyah” (The Novel and
Reality: A Study in the Dynamics of Changing
Narrative Structure), Majallat Al-N®qid. London,
August 1990, pp. 34-9.
34. “TaΩawwul®t al-Shi‘r wa-l-W®qi‘ fi al-Sab‘in®t”
(The Transformation of Poetry and Reality in the
1970s), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics,
American University in Cairo, XI, 1991, pp. 9-51.
12
35. “ºajar D®fi’: Taghr¬bat al-Ban®t wa-§l®m Tajribat
al-Khur‚j” (Warm Stone: The Girls' Migration and
the Pains of Expatriation), Ibd®‘, Cairo, October
1991, pp. 61-9.
36. “Al-Binyah al-Na◊◊iyyah Li-S¬rat al-TaΩarrur min
al-Qahr (The Textual Structure of the Autobiography
of Liberation), Fu◊‚l, Vol. 11, 2, Cairo 1992, pp.
100-21.
37. “Mafh‚m al-—iyagh al-Maj®ziyyah byn al-Tur®th al‘Arabi wa-l-Naqd al-Mu‘®◊ir” (The Concept of
Metaphor in Medieval Arabic Criticism and Modern
Poetics), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics,
American University in Cairo, XII, 1992, pp. 10422.
38. “Al-Na˙ariyyah al-Adabiyyah al-ºad¬thah wa-ºuq‚q
al-Ins®n”
(Modern
Literary
Theory
and
Human
Rights), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics,
Department of English and Comparative Literature of
the American University in Cairo, Vol 13, 1993, pp.
6-41.
39. “§d®b al-Sharq al-Awsafl bayn Tan®˙ur al-Taj®rib
wa Tab®yun al-Munflalaq®t” (Literatures of the
Middle East: Homologous Experiences and Diverse
Directions), Fu◊‚l, XI, i, Spring 1992, pp. 321-34.
40. “Al-Binyah al-Na◊iyyah li-S¬rat al-TaΩarrur min
al-Qahr” (The Textual Structure of a Liberating
Autobiography),
Fu◊‚l, XI, i, Summer 1992, pp.
100-21.
41.
“Al-Riw®yah
wa-l-ºalaq®t
al-Qa◊a◊iyyah
waIshk®liyy®t al-Tajn¬s” (The Novel and Short-Story
Cycle and the Question of Genre”, Fu◊‚l, XII, i,
Spring 1993, pp. 40-59.
42. “Fajr al-Mugh®marah al-Tajr¬biyyah” (The Dawn of
Experimentation), Al-Karmal, 46, 1992, pp. 40-51.
43. “Al-Na◊◊ al-Mu¥mar wa-l-Binyah al-Riw®’iyyah KaMawqif Siy®si” (The Implied Text and Narrative
Structure as Political Statement), Bay®dir, IX,
1992, pp. 50-64.
44. “RaΩ¬l Majdi Wahbah wa-Qa¥iyyat al-An® wa-l§khar”(The Death of Majdi Wahbah and the Question
of the Self and the Other), Al-§d®b, IVI, 2,
February 1993, pp. 6-11.
45. “Khaflfl al-Dif®‘ al-Akh¬r ‘an al-‘Aql” (The
Defence of Reason), Al-fiar¬q, LII, 2, July 1993,
pp. 5-7.
46. “Al-ºaww®t wa-l-Qa◊r: al-Binyah al-Tikr®riyyah
wa-Ta‘riyat al-Maqm‚] al-Siy®si” (The Fisherman and
the Palace: Repetitive Structure and the Revelation
of Suppressed Politics),
Al-fiar¬q, LII, 2, July
1993, pp. 149-58.
13
47. “Al-Mala‘ikah fi Amr¬k®: Wab®’ al-Aids KaIsti‘arah li-l-Wa¥‘ al-Amr¬ki” (Angels in America:
Aids as a Metaphor for the American Condition),
Al-fiar¬q, LII, 4, September 1993, pp. 135-41.
48.“‘Abd al-Fatt®Ω al-Jamal: al-Ins®n wa-l-Dawr wa-lInj®z” (‘Abd al-Fattah al-Jamal: The Man, His Role
and Contribution), Fu◊‚l, XIII, 1, Cairo, Spring
1994, pp. 311-43.
49. “Jadaliyyal al-Binyah al-Sardiyyah al-Murakkabah
fi
Lay®li
Shahraz®d
wa
Naj¬b
MaΩf‚˙”
(The
Dialectics of Narrative Structures in The Arabian
Nights and Mahfouz’s novel Lay®li Alf Laylah),
Fu◊‚l, XIII, 2, Cairo, Summer 1994, pp. 20-70.
50. “Al-Øaw’ al-H®rib: Ta‘addud al-Khifl®b®t alSardiyyah wa-M¬t®f¬z¬q® al-Raghbah al-Muthallathah
(Shifting
Light:
Multiplicity
of
Narrative
Discourses and Triangular Desire), Ibd®‘, XII, 7,
Cairo, July 1994, pp. 12-19.
51 “Jadaly®t al-ºad®thah wa-l-Tanmiyah fi al-Thaq®fah
al-Gharbiyyah"
(Dialectics
of
Modernism
and
Development in Western Culture), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol.
XIII, No. 9 (September 1995), pp. 94-105.
52.
"‘Az¬zi
al-Sayyid
Kawabata:
al-Mat®hah
alNa◊◊iyyah wa-Alaq al-Dh®kirah fi Muwajahat Taradi
al-W®qi‘"(Dear Mr Kawabata: Textual Labyrinth and
the Power of Memory versus the Decay of Reality",
Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIII, No. 10 (October 1995), pp.
56-62.
53. "Tajribat ºan®n al-Shaykh al-MasraΩiyyah al-‘Ul®
wa-MasraΩ al-Mar’ah" (Hanan al-Shaykh First Play
and Women Theatre), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIII, No. 11
(November 1995), pp. 145-151.
54. "Faflimah Mirn¬si: Tafk¬k Mafh‚m al-ºar¬m waIzdiw®j
al-Talaqi"
(Fatima
Mirnisi:
The
Deconstruction of the Harem and the Duality of
Reception), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIII, No. 12
(December 1995), pp. 41-46.
55. "Ta’ammul®t fi al-Dhikr® al-Thal®th¬n li-RaΩ¬l
MuΩammad Mand‚r" (Reflections on the Critical Role
of Muhammad Mand‚r), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIV, No. 1
(January 1996), pp. 55-58.
56. "Al-Ghub®r: aw Iq®mat al-Sh®‘ir al-Jad¬d bayn
Lughat al-Jasad wa-ºatmiyyat al-Mawt" (The New Poet
Between
the
Language
of
the
Body
and
the
Inevitability of Death), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIV,
No. 3 (March 1996), pp. 86-92.
57. Kl®m al-Layl: Lughah al-Mukhrij al-B®hirah wa-’lºas®siyah al-MasraΩiyyah al-Jad¬dah (Night Talk:
the Language of Theatricality and the Modern
Dramatic Sensibility), Ibd®‘, Cairo, Vol. XIV, No.
3 (March 1996), pp. 128-33.
14
58. "Al-Naml al-Abya¥: Riw®yat Inhiy®r al-‘§lam alQad¬m" (White Ant: The Novel and the Disintegration
of the Old World", Ibd®‘, Vol. XIV, No. 6 (June
1996), pp. 119-123.
59. "Al-Tan®◊◊ wa-TaΩawwul®t al-Shakl fi Binyat alQa◊¬dah ‘ind al-Sayy®b" (Intertextuality and the
Transformation of Form in Al-Sayy®b's Poetry",
Nazw®, Oman, Vol: 7 (July, 1996), pp. 18-27.
60. “Ghirnaflah wa-’l-Hamm al-Qawmi ‘al® Mar®y® alT®r¬kh al-‘Arabi” (Granada: the National Problem
Mirrored on Arab History) al-§d®b, Beirut, XLIV, 78, July-August 1996, pp. 37-46.
61. “fia‘m al-ºar¬q wa-Mutaghayyir®t al-Tham®n¬n®t
(Taste of Fire and the Changes of the 1980s) al§d®b, Beirut, XLIV, 9-10, September-October 1996,
pp. 72-78.
62. “Al-Khifl®b al-Maql‚b wa-’l-Sal®m al-Makdh‚b” (The
Inverted Discourse and the False Peace) al-§d®b,
Beirut, XLV, 3-4, March-April 1997, pp. 2-6.
63. “Emile ºab¬bi wa-Sard IΩy®’ al-Dh®kirah alFilisfl¬niyyah” (Emile Habibi and the Narrative of
Palestinian
Memory)
Majllat
al-Dir®s®t
alFilisfl¬niyyah, Beirut, 28, Summer 1996, pp. 110-33.
64.
“Waslava
Shomborske:
Lays
li-l-ºajar
B®b”
(Waslava Shomboriske: The Stone Has no Doors) AlKarmal, Ramallah, 50, Winter 1997, pp. 93-113.
65. “Khu◊‚◊iyyat al-Mau‘®lajah al-Nayj¬riyyah li-lMa’s®h
al-‡dibiyyah”
(The
Specific
Nigerian
Treatment of the Oedipus Tragedy), Ibd®‘, 3, March
1997, pp. 153-57.
66. “Emile ºab¬bi: Ibd®‘ al-Huwiyyah al-Waflaniyyah” (
Emile
Habibi
and
the
Creation
of
National
Identity), Mash®rif, Haifa, 16, May 1997, pp. 4060.
67.
“As’ilat
al-Huwiyyah
wa-’l-Irth
al-‘Un◊uri”
(Questions of Identity and the Racial Legacy),
Ibd®‘, 4-5, April-May 1997, pp. 161-67.
68. “Ughniyat al-W®di wa-’l-Khawf min Takhaththur alºulm bi-’l-Taghyir” (Valley Song and the Fear for
Change”, Ibd®‘, 10-11, October November 1996, pp.
159-65.
69. “Al-ºas®siyah al-Faniyyah al-Jad¬dah fi al-MasraΩ
al-Magh®ribi” (Modern Sensibility in the Theatre of
the Maghrib), Ibd®‘, 8, August 1997, pp. 153-64.
70. “Jam®liyy®t al-Riw®yah al-Jad¬dah: al-Qafl¬‘ah alMa‘rifiyyah
wa
’l-Naz‘ah
al-Mu¥®dah
lliGhin®’iyyah” (Aesthetics of the New Novel:
Epistemological
Rupture
and
the
Anti-Lyrical
Poetics), Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics,
Department of English and Comparative Literature of
15
the American University in Cairo, Vol 21, 2001, pp.
184-246.
VII. Editorships and Other Public Output
1.
Consultant
Editor
of
Alif:
Journal
of
Comparative Poetics, published by the Department of
English and Comparative Literature of the American
University in Cairo.
5. Consultant
Editor
of
Alternation:
Journal
of
Comparative Literature, published by the Department
of Southern African Literatures of the University of
Durban-Wesville, South Africa.
6. Editor of the Book Series “Ruww®d al-Fann alQa◊a◊i” devoted to the editing of the complete
works of the pioneers of narrative genres in Arabic.
7. Editor of the Arabic and Middle Eastern Section of
the
forthcoming
Longman
Anthology
of
World
Literature (2003), a six parts six thousand pages
Anthology.
5. Literary consultant of The World of Naguib Mahfouz,
one-hour television documentary on the life and work
of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, transmitted
by Channel 4, on December 19, 1989.
6. Literary consultant of Lost Between Two Moments, 35
minutes television documentary on the work of the
Egyptian novelist Gamal al-Ghitani, transmitted by
Channel 4, on August 23, 1991.
7. Literary consultant of Trapped in the Present, 45
minutes Radio 3 documentary on the Egyptian novel,
transmitted by Radio 3, on 3 November, 1996.
8. Literary consultant of Frames: Five 15 minutes
Progammes on Egyptian Poetry, transmitted by Radio
3, 4-8 November, 1996.
There are in addition a large number of articles, book
reviews of academic books, obituaries and journalistic
articles in English and Arabic which are not included in
this list. A full list of these is available on request.