title: The Image of Authority in Basma Abd al-Aziz’s Dystopian Novel The Queue
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metadata.value: Mokrushina, Amalia A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-08-25T11:39:21Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-08-25T11:39:21Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.value: Mokrushina А. А. The Image of Authority in Basma Abd al-Aziz’s Dystopian Novel The Queue. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, pp. 132– 136.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2021.201
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32940
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article presents an overview of the new dystopia genre in Arabic literature as well as the
  main reasons and prerequisites for its appearance. The interest of Arab authors in the newly
  discovered genre of the dystopian novel has grown markedly, which is primarily due to serious
  political, economic and social changes affecting the region. The situation in some Arab countries
  offers many avenues in which society can develop, and literature was the first to respond
  to this. Egypt has become one of the centers of global change that has affected the Middle East.
  Young Egyptian intellectuals tend to soberly assess the situation that has developed since the
  Arab Spring and writers have offered their own vision of the situation in the country. As an
  example of a modern dystopia, the novel The Queue by Basma Abd al-Aziz was chosen. The
  Queue does not have a traditional dystopian oppositional character. However, of the significant
  images of the novel to which the writer draws attention is the image of authority, which
  is impersonal and inaccessible to the common people. There is no mention of the name of the
  country where the events of The Queue unfold, but the reader easily recognizes Egypt. In the
  study a comprehensive approach was used, as well as cultural and sociological methods of
  analysis and interviews.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 13; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: modern Arabic literature
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: novel
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: dystopia
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: authority
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Egypt
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Image of Authority in Basma Abd al-Aziz’s Dystopian Novel The Queue
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metadata.value: Article
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