The Place Of Arts In Syria
The literature of
Syria has contributed to
Arabic literature and has a proud tradition of oral and written poetry.
Syrian writers, many of whom migrated to
Egypt, played a crucial role in the nahda or
Arab literary and cultural revival of the
19th century. Prominent contemporary Syrian writers include, among others,
Adonis,
Muhammad Maghout,
Haidar Haidar,
Ghada al-Samman,
Nizar Qabbani and
Zakariyya Tamer.
Ba'ath Party rule, since the 1966 coup, has brought about renewed censorship. In this context, the genre of the historical novel, spearheaded by
Nabil Sulayman,
Fawwaz Haddad, Khyri al-Dhahabi and
Nihad Siris, is sometimes used as a means of expressing dissent, critiquing the present through a depiction of the past. Syrian folk narrative, as a subgenre of historical fiction, is imbued
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