Satire in Sonallah Ibrahim’s the committee: an allegory to ridicule capitalism
Despite the voluminous amount of research on the genre of satire, little is known about Arabic satirical texts. This paper explores the satirical devices employed in Sonallah Ibrahim’s novel, The Committee (2001). Through the means of satire, Ibrahim skilfully explores the devastating effects of...
Main Authors: | Khaled A. Alkodimi, Noritah Omar |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Penerbit UKM
2010
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2336/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2336/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2336/1/page1_21.pdf |
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