Kalima publishes Arabic translation of Dobie's work

Abu Dhabi: Kalima, the translation initiative of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, has published the Arabic translation of Anne B. Dobie's book entitled Theory into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism. The book was translated by Dr. Majdi Kebbah. 

The book invites readers to engage in a hot dialogue and dive into a deep thinking to explore literary texts, poems and other aspects of literature and critical theories. Some readers are looking for pleasure or information in the book while others seek to share with people the fun in those readings. 

This book pushes readers to examine the questions it asks them and compares them with other works of the same author. It also evokes a special experience lived by this reader and leads to discussions far from mannerism and formality. That way, readers will live some kind of spontaneous discussions. 

After having a look at the table of contents, readers will find that this work begins with critical approaches that do not move away from the friendly conversation mentioned above. The first chapters calls for an engagement in forms of modern literary. The book then introduces new critical schools to the readers, which may be less common than others while improving their critical skills. 

The book examines the new critical approaches as part of the dramatic shift that longed literary criticism in the last decades. It also presents the critical points of view in the opening chapters and then turns into forms of the most complex and pluralistic criticism. There are chapters which deal with such diversity in the critical approach of criticism in line with the dissatisfaction of coming out today with one interpretation of a literary text. 

The book cites examples of how close the connection of literature is with our lives and how literature reflects the state of society and the contradictions that surround its members. Hence, this reflects the instability and loss in this society. The book pushes readers away from surrender with what they read, putting them among the discussants of events from many angles. At the end of each chapter, the book gives critical examples that help to better understand the literary work. 

In addition, the book concludes with literary selections placed to help readers understand the language used to talk about any part skillfully and effectively after broadening critical understanding among readers. It instructs and helps everyone who reads their lines to shift from the familiar conversation to other talks that may challenge the methods of conventional thinking. 

To achieve such objective, the book presents a group of historical backgrounds and interpretations of the basic principles, with many examples and suggestions which are all related to analysis writing. The book also includes a glossary of terms and lists useful to those who want more readings. It contains a collection of famous poems and stories and extracts of famous correspondence in order to entertain readers and make topics for analysis. It also contains an analysis of several works from more than one perspective, showing the difference in critical approaches and the hallmark left by the work on readers. 

The book concludes with the "more information" section which displays brief expressions on the goals, assumptions and strategies with the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.