Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, no. 35: New Paradigms in the Study of Modern ÒMiddle EasternÓ Literatures Met Spring Cleaning Fairy

Spring Cleaning Fairy

Is it any wonder communication takes us so much time and effort to figure out

Tender and wise

The significance of the novel lies mainly in its symbolic nature and in its possible readings: is the young man searching for his roots

Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, no. 35: New Paradigms in the Study of Modern ÒMiddle EasternÓ Literatures Met Spring Cleaning FairyAmy MotlaghVernacular poetry and folktales, standardized Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, as well as literary works by Middle Easterners in different European languages offer a complex regional literary field. While comparative work among the classical traditions of these literatures is undertaken without comment, scholarship on their modern traditions is suspended between the exigencies of imperialism, nationalism, and academic parochialism. This issue