Arianna Tondi

Articolo della Rivista, Anno XI, numeri 21-22, giugno-dicembre 2021

(Turāṯ between sentimentalism and criticism of Arab world in Rašā al-Amīr's Yawm al-dīn) in La rivista di Arablit, a. XI, n. 21-22, giugno-dicembre 2021, pp. 73-100. Turāṯ, the rich literary, cultural and religious heritage of the Arab world, has attracted generations of Arab writers, who have exploited it with various aims and from different perspectives. Lebanese author Rašā al-Amīr uses turāṯ as a means to attack Islamists, their physical and psychological violence and the ideal of pure society they want to impose. This paper explores the way al-Amīr works with her heritage – of which she is very proud – [...]