Modes of Cosmopolitanism in Waguih Ghali’s Egypt in Beer in the Snooker Club

IF 0.3 3区 文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM
Doaa Mohamed Abd El-Salam Ibrahim
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This paper examines the different expressions of nationalism and cosmopolitanism in Waguih Ghali’s semi-autobiographical Beer in the Snooker Club (1964). It defines two different forms of cosmopolitanism in the novel (colonial versus imperial) and their influence on the identity of the main characters. The paper also examines the obsession with defining ‘Egyptianess’ in the novel in the wake of Egyptian nationalism during Nasser’s regime. The paper argues that cosmopolitanism and nationalism are two opposite ideologies that hold each other in balance but when the balance tips off in favour of one pole, an immoderate ideology raises its ugly head: racial or class-based nationalism, on the one hand, or colonial hegemony, on the other. Finally, the paper concludes that Ghali favours imperial cosmopolitanism which boasts of multiple communities that interact together and still preserve their uniqueness and specificities.
瓦吉-加利《斯诺克俱乐部的啤酒中的埃及》中的世界主义模式
本文探讨了瓦吉-加利的半自传体小说《斯诺克俱乐部里的啤酒》(1964 年)中民族主义和世界主义的不同表现形式。本文界定了小说中两种不同形式的世界主义(殖民主义与帝国主义)及其对主要人物身份认同的影响。论文还探讨了纳赛尔执政时期埃及民族主义兴起后,小说中对 "埃及人 "定义的痴迷。论文认为,世界主义和民族主义是两种截然相反的意识形态,它们相互保持平衡,但当平衡偏向一极时,一种不适当的意识形态就会抬头:一方面是基于种族或阶级的民族主义,另一方面是殖民霸权。最后,本文得出结论,加利倾向于帝国的世界主义,这种世界主义以多个社群为荣,这些社群相互影响,但仍然保持着各自的独特性和特殊性。
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