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MUMMY AWAEKN Naguib Mahfouz Film writer Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism . Born : December 11, 1911, Cairo, Egypt Died : August 30, 2006, Cairo, Egypt Movies : The Alley of Miracles , Bidaya wa Nihaya , more Awards : Nobel Prize in Literature Children : Fatima Mahfouz , Umm Kulthoum Mahfouz
GENERE SHORT STORY
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ 1911-2006
PRESENTER : GHULAM MUSTAFA S-13-3407 M.PHIL/M.S LAHORE LEADS UNIVERSITY LAHORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT.
GHULAM MUSTAFA
MAJOR CHARACTERS MAHMUD PASHA: Around whom the whole story revolves, lives in hung country mansion upper Egypt. He is a Frenchman in his heart and soul. The narrator calls him fervent admirer of culture and language. He is poet and composed romantic poetry. He is the greatest Francophile in the middle East. Turks by origin, Egypt by nationality and French by taste and avocation. DARYEN: A friend of Pasha, professor of Egyptology at Fu’ad the First University in Cairo.
MAJOR CHARACTERS MOUSIEUR SAROT: Director of the Higher College for Fine Arts. Dr. PIERRE: The specialist of mental disorder. JAULLAH: Sheikh Jadullah local personage in the story. He is a noble and old fellow. He has his own theological researches about the golden past of Egypt and humane by heart. He gives an interesting proposal for digging in the Psaha’s Garden and Professor Dayren tells that it is he who incited him to digging the valley of the King to discover the Prized Qumma’s Tomb. FARMER: Who is beaten by Pasha’s servant on snatching bread from the mouth of his dog.
GENERAL HUR General Hur has been the key figure of 15k Dynasty. His mummy lies asleep in the secret vault lying below the ground of Pasha’s garden. It is through Jadullah’s occult that his coffin is revealed. The mummy rises up from the coffin and addresses them in an astonishing manners. The Mummy awaken and his face resemble local Egyptian Peasant who is caught up for stealing food of the Pasha’s dog. He admonishes Pasha in harsh manners as: “ Don’t not you recognize me, slave”? Are not you plunder my descendents? Why you have come to plunder my grave as well? Speak, slave!”
THEMES POST COLONIAL PERSPECTIVE. IMPERIALISM HUNGER OPRESSESR AND OPPRESSED EXPLOITER AND THE EXPLOITED ALIEN AND NATIVE RESISTANCE CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION DECOLONIZATION MADNESS SLAVERY AND POVERTY HATE AND LOVE MAN AND ANIMAL CIVILITY AND UNCIVILITY. INJUSTICE EXISTENTIALISM POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE. LOYALITY ABSOLUTISM
Introduction to the Story Naguib Mahfauz believes Egyptian culture to be supreme. He dislikes Pasha against the imperialistic policies of various nations. He champions the poor Egyptian who have been reduced to poverty. The story “Mummy Awaken” is a story about injustice and plunder in countries like Egypt. Its basic theme is the shift of power from the true owners to unworthy persons by total unfair means. The story bring before us the poor condition of the Egyptians. The mummy comes alive and kills all the rich and demolishes their buildings for not giving their due rights to the poor Egyptians.
MAJOR WORK THE CAIRO TRILOGY ABATH-AL-QADAR RADUBIS KIFA TIBA VIOCE FROM THE OTHER WORLD KHAN AL-KAHALILI ZAQAQ AL-MIDAQQ DREAMS
Naguib as short story Wright. Techniques: traditional oral tradition, story telling(ancient Egyptian tradition). Colloquial Egyptian dialect. An outsider standing established society on its head or undermining conventional beliefs . Great variety of characters, they appear before. Riddle kind stories carrying political and social background of Egypt. Binary oppositions have been used like good and evil. Classical fables and moral calling. Usage of native words like “ adab . Gothic elements and supernaturalism.
CONCLUSION On the whole, the subjects of Naguib have diversity in them. He shows the great history of Egypt and feels pride on it and make the present political issues as well as social issues. He not only unveils the face of the exploiters and their allies but also shows injustice in the society. Existential themes like death and sufferings are part of his stories. He shows the supremacy of the Egyptian culture. Although he is connected with nativity but he presents before us universal themes like relationship of alien and aborigine.