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Almahameed, Atef Adel; Almahameed, Nusaiba Adel; Rabea, Reem; Alshamare, Imad-edden Nayif M A'leade – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
This paper is aimed at interpreting Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' (1842) and its portrayal of death in relation to the Holy Qur'an and Arabic literary heritage. This reading provides new insights into the understanding of the story. The paper argues that Poe's story and its depictions of death allows for a transtextual analysis…
Descriptors: Literature, Islam, Death, Semitic Languages
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Rabea, Reem Ahmad; Almahameed, Nusaiba Adel – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The paper intends to reread Jamaica Kincaid's short story, 'Girl' (1978) and provide new insights into its understanding. It aims to analyse the poetic qualities, word choice, and structure of the text that are left not fully discussed by recent scholarship. The structure as well as the poetic language of 'Girl' make it an unconventional piece of…
Descriptors: Fiction, Poetry, Literary Genres, Language Usage
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