A Note on Transliteration
Introduction: The Solitary Literary Genre and the Quest for Identities
1. The Rhythms of Change and Anxiety
The Social and Cultural Scene (1930-70)
2. The Realistic Short Story
The Meaning of Realism in the Arabic Short Story
Mahmud Taymur: Extending the Old World
Yahya Haqqi: The Harvest of a Quiet Eye
Mahmud al-Badawi: Social Polarisation and Human Endurance
Yusuf Idris: The Return to the Roots
Shukri Muhammad 'Ayyad: Social Criticism and Exploration of the Psyche
Abu'l-Ma'ati Abu'l-Naja: The Lost Generation and the Emergence of a New Hero
3. Romanticism and the Short Story
The Rise of a Special Form of Romanticism
The Shaping and Development of Romantic Sensibility
Sentimentality and the Popularisation of the Genre
Socialist Realism or Socialist Romanticism?
'Abd al-Rahman al-Sharqawi
4. Experimentation and Modern Sensibility
The Schism in Artistic Sensibility
The Shaping of Modern Sensibility
The Triumph of the Modern Sensibility
Yahya al-Tahir 'Abd Allah
