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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
This study analyses how America and the American people are reflected in Arabic novels written in different parts of the Arab world. In a number of novels the depiction of America and Americans is incidental, while in others it constitutes a fundamental element of the composition. The study inquires into the way Americans are described as individuals and as representative types in works of literature. We find that the image of Americans in the novels which constituted the corpus of the study is overwhelmingly negative. The reason for this appears to lie in America's pro-Israel policy and its opposition to numerous people's aspirations for freedom and progress.
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