Tales of the Mountains and Tales of the Sea: A Creative Fiction Exploration of Muslim Women in Lebanon and the Laughing Hyena as Metaphor

dc.contributor.advisorMayr, Suzette
dc.contributor.authorIdriss, Dania
dc.contributor.committeememberShraya, Vivek
dc.contributor.committeememberEl-Lahib, Yahya
dc.date2019-11
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-05T15:03:37Z
dc.date.available2019-09-05T15:03:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-28
dc.description.abstractTales of Mountains [etc.] is a collection of short stories that take place at significant moments in Lebanese history, beginning in 1918 at the end of the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon, then 1920, the start of the French occupation; 1945, after Lebanese independence; 1980, during the Lebanese Civil War, and 2010, after Syrian and Israeli forces have both pulled out of the country. The stories focus on the effects of these events on the lives of women. Each story uses elements of Arab folklore in order to imbue the protagonists with supernatural abilities, or to place them in supernatural settings. The protagonists are not meant to be good or bad, they simply are. Their actions are not meant to be heroic, only subversive.en_US
dc.identifier.citationIdriss, D. (2019). Tales of the Mountains and Tales of the Sea: A Creative Fiction Exploration of Muslim Women in Lebanon and the Laughing Hyena as Metaphor (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36935
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110857
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectHorror, Arab Women, Muslim Womenen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Language and Literatureen_US
dc.subject.classificationLiterature--Englishen_US
dc.subject.classificationLiterature--Middle Easternen_US
dc.subject.classificationFolkloreen_US
dc.subject.classificationGender Studiesen_US
dc.titleTales of the Mountains and Tales of the Sea: A Creative Fiction Exploration of Muslim Women in Lebanon and the Laughing Hyena as Metaphoren_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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