<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> My paper will explore the genre of war narrative from a cultural perspective, namely the impact of the Great War on Arabs in the novel Al-Raghif (The Loaf’) in 1939 by the Lebanese novelist Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad, as it is the first Arabic novel which is totally concerned with WWI and its longlasting consequences: hunger, despair and the elusive promise of freedom to Arabs.</p></abstract>

My paper will explore the genre of war narrative from a cultural perspective, namely the impact of the Great War on Arabs in the novel Al-Raghif (The Loaf’) in 1939 by the Lebanese novelist Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad, as it is the first Arabic novel which is totally concerned with WWI and its longlasting consequences: hunger, despair and the elusive promise of freedom to Arabs.

The Impact of World War I on Middle East “Arabs” in Awwad’s “Al-Raghif”: A Cultural Perspective

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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My paper will explore the genre of war narrative from a cultural perspective, namely the impact of the Great War on Arabs in the novel Al-Raghif (The Loaf’) in...

The Impact of World War I on Middle East “Arabs” in Awwad’s “Al-Raghif”: A Cultural Perspective

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Page range: 31 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0005

Keywords
Arab identity, consequences, diachronic relevance, great famine, macro-history, microhistory, refugee, the First World War

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Impact of World War I on Middle East “Arabs” in Awwad’s “Al-Raghif”: A Cultural Perspective

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Page range: 31 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0005

KeywordsArab identity, consequences, diachronic relevance, great famine, macro-history, microhistory, refugee, the First World War

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Arab identity, consequences, diachronic relevance, great famine, macro-history, microhistory, refugee, the First World War