Manifestations of Literary Criticism in the Twentieth Century: Khaledah Sa'eed as a Model

Abstract:

The current research aims mainly at studying Khaledah Sa'eed who is one of the most prominent critics in the modern Arab criticism. It further seeks to explore the most key intellectual, cultural and critical references that have had the most significant impact on the formation of her critical awareness. Moreover, this study seeks to shed more light on some critical practices and textual approaches that Sa’eed has worked on. In order to achieve the aforementioned aims, this study is structured into an introduction, two main sections and a conclusion. The introduction will explain the components and terminology of the study. The first main section will be dedicated to discussing the theoretical frameworks which represent the most prominent intellectual and critical references which influenced Sa’eed. This section will also refer to the most famous works of Sa’eed and the impact of Western studies on her writings. The second section will focus on the applications of Sa’eed’s work through reviewing some of her textual approaches to find out the degree of her commitment to the adopted critical methodologies. The conclusion will finally summarize the most significant findings of this study.