Books by Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla
La Línea del Horizonte, 2022
Allen, Roger; Fernández Parrilla, Gonzalo; Rodríguez Sierra, Francisco and, Rooke, Tetz (eds.). N... more Allen, Roger; Fernández Parrilla, Gonzalo; Rodríguez Sierra, Francisco and, Rooke, Tetz (eds.). New Geographies: Texts and Contexts in Modern Arabic Literature. Madrid: Ediciones Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2018. ISBN es: 978-84-8344-620-1
Papers by Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla
Journal of Arabic Literature , 2021
What is Moroccan literature, where and when does it happen, and in what languages? In this essay,... more What is Moroccan literature, where and when does it happen, and in what languages? In this essay, we tackle these questions by tracing the evolution of the definition of “Moroccan literature” from the first half of the twentieth century until the present. The earliest works of Moroccan literary historiography, such as ʿAbd Allah Gannūn’s al-Nubūgh al-maghribī fī al-adab al-ʿarabī (1937), situated Moroccan literature within the Arabic literary tradition and treated Moroccan literature as an important element in the “Arab-Islamic” identity promoted by the Moroccan nationalist movement. Since Moroccan independence in 1956, this definition of Moroccan literature has come under increasing pressure, as the languages and imaginative geographies of Moroccan literature have expanded to include new voices. In what follows, we consider these debates through a survey of a diverse corpus of literary-historical works that throw into question the linguistic, temporal, and spatial borders of Moroccan literature (and of Morocco itself).
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2019
'Abd al-Kabīr al-Khaṭībī (Abdelkébir Khatibi, d. 2009) was a prominent Moroccan author, sociologu... more 'Abd al-Kabīr al-Khaṭībī (Abdelkébir Khatibi, d. 2009) was a prominent Moroccan author, sociologue, scholar, novelist, essayist, literary critic, poet, playwright, and art critic.
Journal of North Africa Studies, 2019
Spanish-Maghribi relations can be considered within a very unique framework of geographical and h... more Spanish-Maghribi relations can be considered within a very unique framework of geographical and historical confluences. This paper explores how the interwoven pasts of Spain and the Maghrib generated a particular rhetoric of exceptionalism that not only fostered colonial intervention in North Africa, but still permeates current institutional and academic literature. By problematising past and present from a postcolonial perspective, we would like to transcend the rhetoric of a splendorous shared past and a unique colonial experience.
Lecturas de la literatura marroquí en lengua española, 2019
Spanish-Maghribi relations can be considered within a very unique framework of geographical and h... more Spanish-Maghribi relations can be considered within a very unique framework of geographical and historical confluences. This paper explores how the interwoven pasts of Spain and the Maghrib generated a particular rhetoric of exceptionalism that not only fostered colonial intervention in North Africa, but still permeates current institutional and academic literature. By problematising past and present from a postcolonial perspective, we would like to transcend the rhetoric of a splendorous shared past and a unique colonial experience.
Une révolution ou un soulèvement populaire ne peuvent être isolés du contexte culturel et histori... more Une révolution ou un soulèvement populaire ne peuvent être isolés du contexte culturel et historique dans lequel ils sont nés. Dans une première partie, les auteurs du présent ouvrage se sont donc tournés vers la littérature du XX e siècle pour tenter d'y détecter les prémisses de la contestation actuelle, qui auraient préparé plus ou moins clairement les événements capitaux qu'a vécus le monde arabe ces dernières années.
The purpose of this article is to explore the possible meanings of the notion of roman maghr ebin... more The purpose of this article is to explore the possible meanings of the notion of roman maghr ebin in the Moroccan context. The phrase has been a dynamic concept since it was coined by Khatibi in the 1960s, and has changed along with transformations in Moroccan society and the development of the genre. Since the 1980s the novel has become one of the most relevant phenomena in the Moroccan cultural field. Already aware of the dynamic nature of literary genres and "national" cultures, Khatibi's visionary insights seem to contain all the elements of the cultural future of Morocco. With this in mind, I will explore how the novel and the critical debates around it reflect new perceptions of the national sphere in the twenty-first century.
Zafzaf, Laroui and the Moroccan novel GONZALO FERNÁNDEZ PARRILLA At the beginning of the seventie... more Zafzaf, Laroui and the Moroccan novel GONZALO FERNÁNDEZ PARRILLA At the beginning of the seventies, the publication of two novels-al-Ghurbah (The Banishment, 1971) by historian and writer Abdall h al-Araw (Laroui), and al-Mar ah wa'lwardah (The Woman and the Rose, 1972), by short story writer and novelist Mu ammad Zafz f (Zafzaf)-made a breakthrough in the Moroccan literary scene. As most of Moroccan critics nowadays agree, their appearance meant a drastic change with respect to previous novel writing. In order to understand the breach caused by these novels it is convenient to look first at how the canon of modern Moroccan literature, understood as a "national literature", was established.
en Ramírez, Ángeles (ed.), La alteridad imaginada: el pánico moral y la construcción de lo musulm... more en Ramírez, Ángeles (ed.), La alteridad imaginada: el pánico moral y la construcción de lo musulmán en España y Francia, Bellaterra 2014, pp. 253-279.
Journal of Arabic Literature 45 2014-1
A few years after Morocco's much longed-for achievement of independence (1956), a new generation ... more A few years after Morocco's much longed-for achievement of independence (1956), a new generation of intellectuals too young to have participated in what is widely called the nationalist movement burst onto the cultural and political scenes, and shifted the focus of debate from the "glorious" past towards social and international realities. The 1960s witnessed the appearance of a diverse group of political, scientific and especially cultural and literary journals that changed the course of intellectual life in Morocco. The creation of these new channels of expression out of the emerging institutions of independent Morocco meant a rupture with the prevailing patterns dominated by nationalist and salafī ideals. This article intends to highlight the role and spirit of these generally overlooked journals within their contextual and historical framework.
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Books by Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla
Papers by Gonzalo Fernández Parrilla
Storia del teatro arabo. Dalla nahḍah a oggi, Monica Ruocco, Roma: Carocci, 2010, Al-Andalus/Magreb 18, Universidad de Cádiz, 2011, pp. 163-164.