Egyptian realism
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Egyptian realism is a literary movement in Egypt characterized by its focus on everyday social realities, class struggles, and the depiction of contemporary Egyptian life in a direct, unromanticized style.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary movement
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realist literature ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
highlight injustices in Egyptian society
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represent social reality accurately ⓘ |
| concernedWith |
bureaucracy in Egypt
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corruption ⓘ gender relations in Egyptian society ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf |
modernization of Egypt
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postcolonial Egyptian society ⓘ rise of the Egyptian middle class ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
class struggles
ⓘ
contemporary Egyptian life ⓘ everyday social realities ⓘ |
| genre | realism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
19th-century realist novels
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European realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences |
Egyptian short story
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contemporary Egyptian novel ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
drama
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novel ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| movementIn |
Arabic literature
NERFINISHED
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Egyptian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode |
psychological depth of characters
ⓘ
third-person narration ⓘ |
| opposes | romanticized depictions of Egyptian society ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| regionalVariantOf | Arab realism ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
critical realism
ⓘ
social realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
detailed description of daily life
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direct style ⓘ focus on ordinary people ⓘ social critique ⓘ unromanticized depiction of life ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
family relations
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political change in Egypt ⓘ poverty ⓘ social inequality ⓘ urban life in Egypt ⓘ |
| typicalProtagonists |
lower-class characters
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petty bourgeois characters ⓘ working-class characters ⓘ |
| uses |
colloquial dialogue
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detailed social settings ⓘ |
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