Re-membering: Testimony of the/a Body in the Works of Arab Women Writers

ČIŽMÍKOVÁ, Danuša. Re-membering: Testimony of the/a Body in the Works of Arab Women Writers. In Literature and Totalitarianism; International Conference; Masaryk University; November 15 - 16, 2023. 2023.

Basic information

Original name

Re-membering: Testimony of the/a Body in the Works of Arab Women Writers

Authors

ČIŽMÍKOVÁ, Danuša

Edition

Literature and Totalitarianism; International Conference; Masaryk University; November 15 - 16, 2023. 2023

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

This paper seeks to explore the representations of the body (or its parts) and the various meanings it acquires in literary texts that speak to/of Power. The paper discusses the works of Basma ‘Abd al-‘Azīz (Abdel Aziz) and ‘Adaniyya Shiblī (Adania Shibli) in order to elucidate the role that the narratives of the body and embodied experiences assume in challenging oppressive systems. The body can be understood as a means or a symbol; it can be perceived and narrated as a site of control, a site of protest, or a site of liberation; however, regardless of the function it assumes throughout the narrative, its experiences and actions always carry the consequences for the embodied self/selves as such. The paper looks at the intersections between memory and body in order to illuminate the techniques through which the traumatic experiences can be narrated and (thus) transformed.

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Links

MUNI/A/1208/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Evropské proměny a konstanty: antické civilizace a jazyky v dalším evropském vývoji Investor: Masaryk University, European Changes and Stability: Ancient Civilizations and Languages in Later European Transformations