Bandarshah
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Bandarshah is a novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that blends myth, history, and social change in a fictional Sudanese village.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bandarshah canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Tayeb Salih NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Sudanese postcolonial society ⓘ |
| depicts |
Sudanese village life
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clash between old and new values ⓘ religious and mystical practices ⓘ |
| explores |
collective memory
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impact of modernization on rural Sudan ⓘ power and authority in village society ⓘ role of storytelling in community life ⓘ |
| genre |
Arabic literature
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fiction ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bandar Shah
NERFINISHED
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Mahjoub NERFINISHED ⓘ Zein NERFINISHED ⓘ village elders ⓘ village imam ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
Nile and rural landscape
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desert and river symbolism ⓘ |
| hasMythicElement |
folkloric stories of the village
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legendary figure of Bandar Shah ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dumu’a ‘ala hadr al-sharq
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The Cypriot Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wedding of Zein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Sudanese literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important work in modern Arabic narrative experimentation ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
blend of realism and myth
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | novel sequence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple perspectives ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
interweaving of myth and history
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shifts in time ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major work of Tayeb Salih ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Season of Migration to the North
NERFINISHED
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The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Sudanese village ⓘ |
| theme |
history
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myth ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ rural community life ⓘ social change ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century Sudan ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Tayeb Salih NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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