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Naguib Mahfouz 纳吉布•马福兹
Naguib Mahfouz —Education & Background
Naguib Mahfouz was born on the 11th Dec. 1911 in an old quarter of Cairo, the youngest son of a merchant. He studied philosophy（哲学） at King Faud I (now Cairo) University, graduating in 1934. He worked in university administration（行政部门） and then in 1939 he worked for the Ministry of Islamic Affairs. He was later Head of the State Cinema Organization at the Ministry of Culture(文化 部）. He also worked as a journalist（记者）.
Naguib Mahfouz —— how he pictures the world
To sum up, in Mahfouz’s dark description of the world there are only two bright spots（点）. These consist of man's continuing struggle for equality on the one hand and the promise of scientific progress on the other; meanwhile, life is a tragedy.
How the boy felt about school.
Walking out of the school, he found time had changed .
Text Appreciation
for group discussion in class
• Plot of the story: • Setting of the story: • Protagonist v.s. Antagonists: • Drama of the story lies in: • Writing technique: (Have you ever read a
Naguib Mahfouz —— how he pictures the world
The picture of the world as it emerges（出现） from the bulk (大量） of Mahfouz’s work is very gloomy （暗淡的；阴沉的；令人沮丧的） indeed, though not completely disappointing. It shows that the author’s social utopia (乌托邦；理想国）is far from being realized. Mahfouz seems to conceive o f（构思；想象） time as a force of oppression. His novels have consistently shown time as the carrier of change, and change as a very painful process, and very often time is not content until it has dealt his heroes the final blow of death.
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Unit 1
Half a Day
Naguib Mahfouz
• About the author
– education and background – important works – how he pictures the world
• Text appreciation
– structure analysis – topic discussion
He is now the author of no fewer than 30 novels, more than 100 short stories, and more than 200 articles. Half of his novels have been made into films which have circulated （流通；传播） throughout the Arabic-speaking world.
Naguib Mahfouz
—— important works
Mahfouz began writing when he was 17. His first novel was published in 1939 and ten more were written before the Egyptian Revolution of July 1952, when he stopped writing for several years. One novel was republished in 1953, however, and the
Naguib Mahfouz —— important works
Naguib Mahfouz —— important works
Cairo
Naguib Mahfouz —— important works
Works of his second writing period: The Children of Gebelawi (1959) The Thief and the Dogs (1961) Autumn Quail (1962) Small Talk on the Nile (1966) Miramar (1967) several collections of short stories.
He is married, has two daughters and lives in Cairo.
Camp David Accords: popular name for the
historic peace accords in 1978 between Israel and Egypt.
The official agreement was signed on Mar. 26, 1979, in
—— important works
The Cairo Trilogy (published 1955-1957) is a tale of the lives of a Muslim family and spans（跨过） the first half of the 20th century. Each book in the trilogy was named after a suburb of Cairo. The first, Palace Walk was set during the British occupation of Egypt early in the century. The second, Palace of Desire covered the changing times of the 1920s. The third book, Sugar Street brings the family into the mid 20th century. In this final part the head of the family is now old and frail（weak). He surveys the world while the main story centers on the grandsons.
Washington, D.C. by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin(比金)and Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat(沙達 特), with U.S. President Jimmy Carter signing as a witness （证人）. Under the pact, which was denounced （公开指 责）by other Arab states, Israel agreed to return the Sinai (西奈(半岛) )to Egypt, a transfer（转移；转让） that was completed in 1982. In a joint letter the two nations also agreed to negotiate（谈判） Palestinian(巴勒斯坦） autonomy（自主） measures in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip（加沙(西南亚地中海岸港市,巴勒斯 坦的一部分,1967年被以色列占领), but in fact no progress was made on this issue before Sadat‘s assassination (暗杀） in Oct., 1981.
Naguib Mahfouz
—Education & Background
Although widely translated, his works are not available in most Middle Eastern countries because of his support of Sadat’s Camp David initiative. In 1994 he survived an assassination（暗杀） attempt by Islamic extremists（极端主义分子）.