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Description:In The Plague, Elkhadem plays a variation on one of his favorite motifs, the journey. As El-Gabalawy notes in his critical introduction, the novella is "based on the pattern of Boccaccio's Decameron, which begins with the flight of ten people from plague-stricken Florence" . Elkhadem's protagonists, seven men and three women, happen to meet in a visa office as they attempt to flee from the endemic oppression and brutality that plagues Egypt under Nasser's tyrannical regime. The range of characters—an engineering student, a teacher of French, a young bride, a businessman, a journalist, an actress, a naive young man, an academic, a housewife, and a commander of a military prison—creates a cross section of Egyptian society. These men and women chat about themselves as they wait to receive their exit visas, just as Boccaccio's characters recount tales to pass time. However, the autobiographical stories presented in The Plague, unlike the tales of the Decameron or the recollections of Elkhadem's protagonists in From Travels of the Egyptian Odysseus and Ulysses's Hallucinations or the Like, are told before, not after, the characters leave their homeland. Thus, hope, anxiety, and fear pervade and infect the speeches and thoughts of Elkhadem's most recent protagonists as they anticipate the prospects of self-imposed exile.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Plague. To get started finding The Plague, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 36

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: York Press Ltd

Release: 1989

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Description: In The Plague, Elkhadem plays a variation on one of his favorite motifs, the journey. As El-Gabalawy notes in his critical introduction, the novella is "based on the pattern of Boccaccio's Decameron, which begins with the flight of ten people from plague-stricken Florence" . Elkhadem's protagonists, seven men and three women, happen to meet in a visa office as they attempt to flee from the endemic oppression and brutality that plagues Egypt under Nasser's tyrannical regime. The range of characters—an engineering student, a teacher of French, a young bride, a businessman, a journalist, an actress, a naive young man, an academic, a housewife, and a commander of a military prison—creates a cross section of Egyptian society. These men and women chat about themselves as they wait to receive their exit visas, just as Boccaccio's characters recount tales to pass time. However, the autobiographical stories presented in The Plague, unlike the tales of the Decameron or the recollections of Elkhadem's protagonists in From Travels of the Egyptian Odysseus and Ulysses's Hallucinations or the Like, are told before, not after, the characters leave their homeland. Thus, hope, anxiety, and fear pervade and infect the speeches and thoughts of Elkhadem's most recent protagonists as they anticipate the prospects of self-imposed exile.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Plague. To get started finding The Plague, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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