Museum of Literature: Literature, History and Identity

In متحف الأدب: الأدب والتاريخ والهوية (The Museum of Literature), acclaimed Tunisian scholar and author Shukri Mabkhout delivers a profound theoretical examination of how literature interacts with history and identity. Using the metaphor of a "museum," Mabkhout investigates how literary texts are canonized, preserved, and reinterpreted within Arab cultural institutions. He questions how creative writing transitions from aesthetic expression into historical artifacts that define collective memory. Through rigorous literary criticism and cultural theory, Mabkhout analyzes the relationship between language, storytelling, and identity formation, encouraging a dynamic re-reading of heritage beyond rigid historical narratives.

Because it provides rigorous academic insights into how literary canons are constructed and how fiction and heritage shape national and cultural identities.

For academics, literary critics, students of Arabic literature and cultural studies, and readers interested in memory, identity, and historiography.