Submitted for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy IN ENGLISH

Idea of America in select Novels of John Updike

Energy Futures: John Updike's Petrofictions

Since the events of 11 September 2001, there has been greater interest in translating Arabic literature into English in order to enhance understanding of the Arab–Muslim world However, much focus has been placed on writers whose works substantiate western preconceptions of Arab Others, and hence are of interest to English readers and can as such be marketed and promoted By focusing on such works, the process of translating and creating a canon of Arabic literature into English can result not in better understanding but in consolidating identitarian and reductive stereotypes of Arab Others This essay looks at the extra-literary parameters that condition the translation and reception of Arabic literature into English, taking as a case study the contemporary Egyptian novelist Alaa Al-Aswany, whose bestseller The Yacoubian Building has been translated and celebrated as providing a credible portrayal of the social and political malaise in Egypt, and as enabling understanding of the making of a terrorist Ho

Arabic Literature into English

This paper explores how elements of quantum physics might be applied to the creation of a novel. It offers an overview of the ‘Physics Fiction’ tradition. The paper considers how such elements might be used in a novel and addresses how these elements can work to support larger concerns of the text. The author provides specific examples of such applications in his own work.

Will Hochman

Papers

An Interview with John Updike