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Controversial Writers  
Writers who generate controversy for political, sexual, religious, and literary reasons. James Joyce's Ulysses and its bold use of a Jewish protagonist to emphasize the anti-Semitism of Sinn Fein politics. The poet Ezra Pound, who was controversial for his anti-Semitism and his advocacy of fascist politics. The Egyptian doctor and feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi, author of The Circling Song, accused of writing critically of her native land to appeal to a Western audience.
Program 80
  Participants
Christine Froula
Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Jean-Michel Rabaté

 

 
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