Aesthetic of Revolution in the Film and Literature of Naguib Mahfouz (1952-1967)

This bookexamines the impact of revolution on one of the great literary minds of the twentieth century: Naguib Mahfouz. Concentrating on the years following the 1952 Free-Officers’ Coup that brought an end to British colonialism in Egypt, this book analyzes Mahfouz’s turn to screenplay writing, and examines the significance of that transition.

Nathaniel Greenberg

Introduction: The Aesthetic of Revolution circa 1952 Chapter One: Criminality and the Public Sphere: Notes on a Post-Revolutionary Aesthetics of Film (1953-1957) Chapter Two: The Aesthetic of Revolution in NaGuib Mahfouz's Children of the Alley Chapter Three: The Criminal Inclinations of the Good Society: Naguib Mahfouz and the 1960s Chapter Four: Partial Politics: Sectarianism and the New Woman Question in Naguib Mahfouz's Post-Revolutionary Film and Literature Conclusion: Mahfouz's Wheel