Approaches to Palestinian Literature of Resistance in the Face of Injustice رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

The Palestinian literature has played an essential role in emphasizing people's thoughts to face the violation, displacement and, laceration which led to forming public awareness to the Palestinian cause, and the importance of teamwork to reclaim their rights. This study adopts the descriptive and analytical method, and the method of content analysis, as the researcher collected the primary material exemplified in some of the poetry produced by Palestinian writers, short stories, novels, and literary letters. It also tries to show the importance of literature in Palestine in supporting its cause. However, throughout the years, the resistance changed because of the different political and social circumstances, and so did its literature. The researcher analyzes literature before and after the Oslo Accords (to show how much they differ), while concentrating on Ghassan Kanafani, Samira Azzam, and Emile Habibi in the pre-Oslo era. In the beginning, it had a really strong voice and helped to ignite revolutions. However, in recent years, the resistance wavered, and so did its literature. Palestinian resistance literature is still written but the themes changed, with the change of the political circumstances. Most writers do not write as fiercely as before, which leads to that most readers do not feel the nationalism as before. The researcher believes that literature written pre-Oslo, should be studied more in schools and Universities, so that the feeling of nationalism and belonging will return.