Stephan Guth (University of Bern)

Submitted: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:05:41 +0100

Stephan Guth
M.A., Dr. (= Ph.D.)
Dept. of Islamic Studies
University of Bern 
Switzerland

MAILING ADDRESS: Institut fur Islamwissenschaft
Laenggass-Str. 49
CH-3000 Bern 9
Switzerland

Phones:   (++41-31) 6318892 [direct]
                    6318232 [secretary]
FAX:      (++41-31) 6318048
Email:    guth@islam.unibe.ch

DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
a) teaching: Arabic literature (classical and modern)
b) research: comparative history of modern Near Eastern literatures, esp.
Arabic and Turkish, esp. development of the novel genre (an essay in
macroregional literary periodization)
c) keywords: Arabic, Turkish, literature, Arab countries, Turkey, late
Ottoman Empire, Near East, comparative literature, 19th century, 20th
century, epochs, periods, periodization, history of literature,
belles-lettres, prose, novel