Globalization and Arab Culture:

This book has focused on two broad elements: the concept of globalization¿its conceptualization, and its impact on Arab culture; and the way this concept or process is represented by Arab novelists in some of their fictional works. The book is inspired by the author¿s belief that globalization must be read in relation to the daily transaction of ordinary people. Reading literary works to examine the interactions between these texts and the process of globalization is a fruitful exercise that will help understand the impact of globalization on the life of people. Instead of asking what an understanding of globalization can do for literary studies, this study has asked what the study of literature can do for the understanding of globalization. It is an attempt to find answers to the growing body of questions about the rapid changes in world affairs which, besides making other impacts, are reshaping literature and literary studies around the globe. This book seeks to answer the following questions: How do different scholars define globalization? Who are the real beneficiaries of this process? What do the Arabs think of this phenomenon? What are the reasons for each of the stakeholders