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Isis and Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm A plea against autocracy

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal: LiCArC (Littérature et culture arabes contemporaines)
    2021, n° 9
    . Théâtre, Autocraties et Démocraties
  • Author: Denooz (Laurence)
  • Abstract: Reinterpreting the struggle of the couple Isis and Osiris and their son Horus against the tyranny of Set, Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm makes the goddess a key figure in his work, a polysemantic character whose attributes as a political opponent to autocracy and dictatorship this contribution aims to highlight through a sociosemiotic study of Isis (1955), the symbolic-cum-political play in three acts, as well as, secondarily, Lettres à son fantôme (1944), a work of short fiction.
  • Pages: 67 to 85
  • Journal: Contemporary Arabic Literature and Culture
  • CLIL theme: 4033 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Langues étrangères
  • EAN: 9782406127031
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-12703-1
  • ISSN: 2426-8852
  • DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12703-1.p.0067
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 12-29-2021
  • Periodicity: Annual
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: Egyptian theater, Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm, Isis, autocracy, mythology