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The Influence of Anachronism in Showing the Gap Between Anglo-American and Arab Literary Canons
Keywords:
Anachronism, chronology, cultureAbstract
The study aims to examine the role of using anachronism in Edgar Allan Poe's The Thousand and Second Tale of Scheherazade and Robert Louis Stevenson's The New Arabian Nights. By implementing the qualitative method, the study explores how these two rewriters endow their stories with new images and allusions. Throughout the analysis, the study reveals how these stories reflect the cultural, chronological, and historical elements of the host culture. It also unfolds the ways in which the ST was rewritten, adapted, and for some demands to suit new ages, cultures, and zones. The study concludes that both writers use anachronism to present issues and themes that reflect their time in a literary conventional mold
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