.兀丿亘 丕賱亘賵亘 賵丕賱乇賵丕蹖丞 丕賱毓乇亘蹖丞 / Pop literature and the Arabic novel

Abstract

丕 賳噩丿 毓亘丕乇丞 "兀丿亘 丕賱亘賵亘 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨乇賮賷 丕賱賲兀賱賵賮 賮賷 賲噩丕賱 丕賱賳賯丿 丕賱兀丿亘賷 丕賱毓乇亘賷 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳. 亘氐賮丞 毓丕賲丞 蹖賲賰賳 賱賱賲乇亍 兀賳 蹖爻鬲賳鬲噩 賲毓賳丕诰丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賰賱賲鬲蹖賳 丕賱賱鬲蹖賳 鬲賰賵賳丕賳 诰匕丕 丕賱賲氐胤賱丨貙 兀賷 "丕賱兀丿亘" 賵"丕賱亘賵亘". 賮賲賳 賳丕丨蹖丞 兀禺乇賶貙 廿匕丕 丕爻鬲禺丿賲賳丕 賲丨乇賰 丕賱亘丨孬 丕賱賲卮诰賵乇 噩賵噩賱貙 賮廿賳賳丕 賳丨氐賱 鬲賯乇蹖亘丕 毓賱賶 700 賳鬲蹖噩丞 賮毓賱賶 爻亘蹖賱 丕賱賲孬丕賱 賳毓孬乇 毓賱賶 賲賵丕賯毓 賰孬蹖乇丞 鬲鬲丨丿孬 賮賷 诰匕丕 丕賱爻蹖丕賯 毓賳 乇賵丕蹖丞 丕賱賮蹖賱 丕賱兀夭乇賯 (2012) 丕賱兀丨賲丿 賲乇丕丿

We haven't yet found the term "pop literature" in its familiar, literal sense within contemporary Arabic literary criticism. Generally, one can infer its meaning from the two words that comprise the term: "literature" and "pop." Furthermore, using the popular search engine Google yields approximately 700 results. For example, we find numerous websites discussing Ahmed Mourad's novel, *The Blue Elephant* (2012), in this context.