Book report on Autumn Quail by Naguib Mahfouz

Write a one page (double-spaced) report covering one or more of the following question referring to the book

Autumn Quail by Naguib Mahfouz.

The questions are:

Naguib Mahfouz, Autumn Quail, first half

-What insight can a novel offer in Middie Eastern society that may not be readily communicable in a work of history or –

political science?

-What is the significance of Islam in Mahfouz’s novel?

-What are the arguments for the Revolution of 1952? What are the arguments against it?

Autumn Quail, second half

-Does Isa have any sympathy for the Revolution?

-Do you think Mahfouz favors the revolutionaries or the conservatives?

-One reader has said that Autumn Quail is a story of ‘opportunism, alienation and marginalization.’ Explain the role each

concept plays in the novel.

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