title: Sectarian conflicts in the 21st century novel literature of Iraq
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metadata.value: Shuiskaja, Natalia M.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-08-16T15:05:17Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-08-16T15:05:17Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Shuiskaja N. М. Sectarian conflicts in the 21st century novel literature of Iraq. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2018, vol. 10, issue 2, pp. 246–253.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu13.2018.208
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/14748
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The Article analyses how the contemporary Iraqi novel literature illustrates sectarian conflicts.
  The Arab revolutions enabled writers to use literature to openly discuss this ever-present
  antagonism inherent in Arab societies. The article emphasizes that Iraqi authors analyse
  both internal reasons for persistent sectarianism and external, implying the American occupation
  of Iraq that has aggravated the situation in the country. The Iraqi novelists can offer
  no direct answer on how to escape the deadlock of sectarianism. There are no direct answers
  in the novel of A. Saadawi either. It should be pointed out that some characters consider his
  “humanoid” Shismu-Frankenstein creature to consist of pieces belonging to people of different
  races, tribes, social groups. The character could be interpreted as a protest against apathy,
  humility, cowardice, slave psychology of people who are not able to protect the treasure that is
  their lives. The author put Shismu under a constant threat of disintegration and it refers to the
  fact that the very process of consolidation of different pieces into a single entity that makes up
  the Iraqi nation has not yet been historically completed. The national feeling cannot yet trump
  narrow sectarian interests overcome their spiritual numbness, restore what has been destroyed
  in the souls of religious minorities that are psychologically traumatized, wounded by the sense
  of their inferiority and uselessness in the homeland. But until the last day of creation comes,
  while the last human is alive, it is too early to lose hope and close the book.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 10; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sectarianism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Muslims
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Christians
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sunnis
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Shiites
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religious minorities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: terrorist attacks
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: occupation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: emigration
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Sectarian conflicts in the 21st century novel literature of Iraq
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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