Dr Fabio Caiani

Dr Fabio Caiani

Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3673
Email
fc8@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office
Room 107
Location
Buchanan
Office hours
On leave in Semester 1, 2024-25

 

Teaching

I teach Arabic modules (both core language modules and Modern Arabic Literature & Culture modules) at Sub-Honours, Honours and Postgraduate levels.

I devised the Honours module Fannanat: Arab Women's Creativity in Modern Arab Culture, which I teach and coordinate.

Research areas

My research focuses on modern Arabic fiction and it is based on a close-textual analysis of primary sources. My approach aims at filling a gap in the literary criticism of Arabic literature available in non-Arabic languages which too often seems to neglect the artistic element of Arabic fictional texts. I connect this technical analysis to the wider theoretical and cultural context.

In the past I focused on the experimental and innovative works of some of the most significant Arab writers (Yusuf Idris, Idwar al-Kharrat, Muhammad Barrada and Elyas Khoury).

More recently, in collaboration with Catherine Cobham, I have focused on the narrative works of Iraqi fiction writers such as 'Abd al-Malik Nuri, Fu'ad al-Takarli, Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman and Mahdi 'Isa al-Saqr.

In collaboration with Catherine Cobham, I am exploring the work of the Iraqi writer Muhammad Khudayyir within a Post-Colonial, trans-genreric and autobiographical framework.

I am also researching new trends in Arabic literature (with specific emphasis on Iraqi artists who live either in Iraq or in exile).

PhD supervision

  • Tingting Zhong
  • Abdullah Alahmari
  • Maryam Bagheri

Selected publications

 

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