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الرواية الشيئية

English translation: objectivism novel

08:19 Dec 28, 2011
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / Novel
Arabic term or phrase: الرواية الشيئية
الرواية الشيئية التي “لا تعبر عن العواطف، وإنما تصف الواقع بشكل محايداً، وتقدم مشهدا يتعاطى مع الأحداث بوصفها أشياء”.
Noona1978
Local time: 13:24
English translation:objectivism novel
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Moodi
Local time: 12:24
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1objectivism novel
Moodi
4 +1New novel / antinovel
Mai Hafez
5documentary novel
sal4trans
4objectivity novel
Heba Abed
3object-based novel
ayman bakr


  

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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
objectivism novel


Explanation:
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Moodi
Local time: 12:24
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 28
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Liliane Hatem
42 mins
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agree  Iman Haggag
3 hrs
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disagree  Mai Hafez: there's no such term in english & this type of novels isn't an arabian innovation
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
objectivity novel


Explanation:
Another suggestion:

objectivity novel

Heba Abed
Egypt
Local time: 12:24
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 45
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
New novel / antinovel


Explanation:
new novel is a type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres.
Alain Robbe-Grillet, an influential theorist as well as writer of the nouveau roman(NEW Novel), published a series of essays on the nature and future of the novel. Robbe-Grillet regarded many earlier novelists as old-fashioned in their focus on plot, action, narrative, ideas, and character. Instead, he put forward a theory of the novel as focused on objects

ولما كانت الرواية (الجديدة) مفارقة للرواية الحديثة، معنى ومبنى، فقد أطلقت عليها تسميات عديدة، منها: رواية اللا رواية Anti Novel، والرواية التجريبية Experimental Novel والرواية الشيئية والجديدة Novel New.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouveau_roman
    Reference: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/28282/New-Novel
Mai Hafez
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 12:24
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Duaa Orabi
4 days
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
documentary novel


Explanation:
the closest equivalent I found..

sal4trans
Local time: 13:24
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
object-based novel


Explanation:
it seems the explanatory answe, if there in no alternative term.

ayman bakr
Local time: 12:24
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