Brustad, Kristen2017-01-302018-01-222017-01-302018-01-222016-12December 2http://hdl.handle.net/2152/44544In this paper I explore two contemporary Egyptian literary works, Nisāʾ il- Karantīna and the graphic novel Fī Shiqqat Bāb al-Lūq, showing that the language varieties and registers that exist within them make the dualistic category of Fuṣḥā and ʿAmmiyyah no longer sufficient. Using affective stance theory, I analyse the language and to what affect it is used in the novels, showing that the new millennium writers are refashioning a new poetics for the language that aims to unsettle previously held notions of power in all its guises, including the lingustic.application/pdfenContemporary Arabic Writing, Stance, Egyptian Literature, New Poetics, Language Varieties, Graphic NovelThesis2017-01-30