http://qunfuz.com/2009/11/01/islam-in-the-writing-process/ Robin Yassin-Kassab Mon, 14 May 2012 14:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://qunfuz.com/2009/11/01/islam-in-the-writing-process/#comment-869 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:24:58 +0000 http://qunfuz.com/?p=485#comment-869 [...] sense, therefore, I haven’t needed to visit to know it. But last week I visited nevertheless, for a conference at Notre Dame University which I enjoyed very [...]

]]> http://qunfuz.com/2009/11/01/islam-in-the-writing-process/#comment-840 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:50:23 +0000 http://qunfuz.com/?p=485#comment-840 Hello Mr. Twigger! Good to hear from you. Will be in touch shortly.

]]> http://qunfuz.com/2009/11/01/islam-in-the-writing-process/#comment-838 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:44:53 +0000 http://qunfuz.com/?p=485#comment-838 way to go Robin! Story density is the true measure of literary complexity not infantile accounts of ‘intense experiences’ which is the main ‘serious’ literary model in the West.
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]]> http://qunfuz.com/2009/11/01/islam-in-the-writing-process/#comment-836 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:14:12 +0000 http://qunfuz.com/?p=485#comment-836 [...] Islam in the Writing Process, Taking the novel seriously November 2nd, 2009 // Salman Rushdie once commented that ‘Islam’, in contrast to ‘the West’, is not a narrative civilisation. This, in my opinion, is obvious nonsense. Beyond the fact that human beings are narrative animals, whatever civilisation they live in, and that Islamic civilisation cannot be isolated from, for instance, Christian, Hindu or Arab civilisations, the Muslim world has a history of influential narratives which is second to none. These include Sufi tales, chivalric adventures, fantastical travelogues, romances and spiritual biographies written in several major languages. Islam in the Writing Process [...]

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