The Egyptian Revolutions Between Reflection and Prediction
The Egyptian Revolutions Between Reflection and Prediction

Summary/Abstract: The concept of revolution is not new to the Egyptian nation; a nation known for its long struggle for freedom and democracy throughout ages. This nation witnessed the ancient civilization in the world as well as the firstrevolutions and political upheavals on Earth. The aim of this research accordingly is to shed the light on the most important revolutions known by the Egyptians, especially during the modern and contemporary times embodied in the 1919 Revolution, 23 July Revolution in 1952 (or the Free Officers Revolution), and finally 25 January Revolution in 2011. It also attempts to investigate how these revolutions were presented in fiction and the role of the writers in depicting the various forms of power and class struggle within the Egyptian society. In addition, how these writers felt their responsibility towards their country to the extent that they not only reflect the revolutions but, some of them, predict the revolution before it occurred. The selected novels for such purposes are Naguib Mahfouz's Palace Walk, YusufAl- Sibai's Rudda Qalbi (Give Back My Heart), and Mohamed Salmawy'sButterfly Wings. These selected works are to be critically analyzed in the light of Lukács's Reflection Theory and Foucault's Concept of Power.

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