Rama and the Dragon

Rama and the Dragon
AuthorEdwar Al-Kharrat
LanguageArabic
PublisherArab Institute for Research & Publishing
Publication date
1980
Publication placeLebanon
Media typeNovel
Pages329

Rama and the dragon[1] is a 1980 novel by Egyptian writer Edwar al-Kharrat. 16 years after its initial publication, the novel was followed by two sequels, The Other Time and The Certainty of Thirst which formed a trilogy. It is considered to have a distinct style of autobiographical writing and one of the best 100 Arabic novels.[by whom?][2] The novel was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.[3]

Plot and themes

The novel is told as a dialogue between Mikhail, who is Coptic, and Rama, who is Muslim. The majority of novel is set in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s, and includes flashbacks to the 1940s.[3]

Rama and the Dragon incorprates mythological, Pharaonic, Greek and Islamic elements. The novel is a great example of Edwar al-Kharrat's literature in talking about the experimental novel with its own investigations and in-depth research into the aesthetics of the languages,[4] in addition to the writer's reliance on the torrent of awareness technique that permeates the text's fabric through the character of "Rama", which in turn is also deeply rooted with the stream of conciseness technique "Mikhail" and his own thoughts and inner monologues that uncovers many memories.[5][6]

Publication

Rama and the Dragon was first published in 1980 Beirut. An English translation of the novel by Ferial Ghazoul and John Verlenden was published by American University in Cairo Press in 2002.[7]

Critical reception

Rama and the dragon was well-received by critics, who praised the novel's experimental structure. Novelists including Badr al-Deeb, Sami Khashaba, Sabry Hafez, and Maher Shafik have expressed their admiration for the novel.[7]

Sami Khashabah says in his study about how "Rama and the Dragon is an Egyptian tragedy" and specifically about the importance of "Rama and the Dragon" novel, and the significance of expressing it through this style of writing: “When Edwar Al-Kharrat wrote this novel, he wrote it in a clear way, expressing the experience of lost love that the Egyptian Coptic scholar lives, whose culture was built around the fact that he is Coptic looking through things in that way, and to his community and language and from his own understanding of his history".[citation needed]

Rama and the dragon was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.[3]

References

  1. ^ بوك, FoulaBook-مكتبة فولة. تحميل كتاب رامة والتنين تأليف إدوار الخراط pdf (in Arabic).
  2. ^ Rama and the Dragon.
  3. ^ a b c "AUC Press - Rama and the Dragon". The American University in Cairo Press. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ "تحليل رواية رامة والتنين – خير جليس". khaerjalees.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ سوريال, مارينا (18 January 2022). "ملخص رواية رامة والتنين للكاتب إدوارد الخراط". الامنيات برس (in Arabic). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ^ kharrat, edwar al; Kharrāṭ, Idwār (2002). rama and the dragon. Amercain University in Cairo Prees. ISBN 978-977-424-676-0.
  7. ^ a b "The Arabic Novel's Contribution to Global Storytelling Styles: 'Rama and the Dragon'". ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

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