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SUFİ NOVEL IN MODERN ARABIC LITERATURE

Author(s): Ethem Demir
Subject(s): Islam studies, Comparative Study of Literature
Published by: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Novel; Arabic literature;

Summary/Abstract: The novel is a mirror that reflects everything about human beings like language, culture and tradition in the best way. In this sense, the characters, cultures and thoughts of individuals and societies can be reflected in the best way. Being aware of the importance of the novel, the writers turned the novel mirror into the related direction when they wanted to explain any aspect of the society, such as their history, social realities, adventures and love. In the 1960s, Arab literary figures; In order to direct the Arab society living in a variety of political and social crises to a peaceful atmosphere, they turned this mirror into a different structure -meanly Sufism-, which gave people peace, hope, nurture, and develop a sense of belonging. In this sense, the Sufi novel, which emerged as a new type of novel, touched on the spiritual states, social reflections and manifestations of Sufism. The Sufistic novel, which is based on a Quranic understanding in the context of the subject and style, has asked the Muslim to establish strong ties with his history by rejecting the cultural mind break with his past. In this sense, he has benefited from the historical accumulations of Islamic Sufis and philosophers and tried to revive the cultural, intellectual and sufi Islamic historical legacies of the Muslims.

  • Issue Year: 5/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-60
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Turkish
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