Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Description
The motifs typically explored by critics of Saudi dissident Abdelrahman Munif’s seminal petrofiction and postcolonial masterpiece warrant further investigation; yet the novel’s idea of the city invites particular attention as a prophetic voice in a world shaped by carbon-fuel dependent urbanizing neo-liberal forces.
Period
11 Nov 2021 → 14 Nov 2021
Event title
118th Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference: City of God, City of Destruction