Khalil Baba

Du roman à la scène : Le diable fait la morale de Naguib Mahfouz, une allégorie théâtrale des paradoxes du monde arabe

This article reassesses the place of theatre in Naguib Mahfouz’s work through “The Devil Preaches Morals”, a hybrid text published in 1979. Drawing on the imaginary world of “The Thousand and One Nights” and on the symbolic setting of the “City of Brass”, the study shows how Mahfouz turns the marvellous into a critical...