Socio-Religious Reflection in the Writings of Mahmud Taymur’s Short Story

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Abdulla Hil Kafi Abstract: Among the Arabic short story writers of the 20th century Mahmud Taymur is considered one of the pioneers in Egypt. He started his writings in short stories in the magazine “Al-Sufur” the Avant-Garde which were collected in “Ma Tarah Al-Uyun”. This was attempting to detail various facts and depicts Egyptian life, characters, and societies and played a significant role in providing new genre and tradition in a clear chance in his short stories. Moreover, this definite nationalistic and spiritual function also took place in his writings. After the World War I nationalistic victory struggled the rise of plurality, thinking and formation of political parties and an increasing scene of common identity among urban, middle and village conflict were composed by Mahmud Taymur. Taymur was a major figure of the new school in the developing of modern Arabic short story with the new sensibility of that period which became the main source of social inspiration. He needed as a younger writer in Arabic short story being a social and politically oriented aware. The weekly journal “Al-Fajr” disseminated his new ideas and prepared the ground for all established and respected magazines to publish his short stories. This magazine established his new critical criteria in dealing with Arabic literature, underlining the interrelationship between literary works. Click here to print/download PDF of this research paper Introduction Taymur was the mean key contributor to the ma...