Druzes and Slavs between History and Fiction: the (Hi)Story of Hanna Ya'qub in the Novel The Druze of Belgrade by Rabi' Gabir
2018
Abstract
The article presents a semantic and cultural analysis of Rabi' Gabir's novel The Druze of Belgrade. The story deals with a period in Slavic history of the 19th century that parallels the reality of Middle East in the same time.
The study examines the narrative context of historical events in the hero's life narrated primarily through the juxtaposition of historical facts. The narrative representations of historical facts in the novel The Druze of Belgrade are semantic and philosophical operations and as such can be misrepresentations of according to Rabi' Gabir's literary tendency in a specific historical and intellectual settings.