الفهرس 
Literary Environmental Studies and the Representation of Urban Environments in selected Novels
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Abstract
This Ph.D. thesis provides an ecocritical reading of the representation of the urban
environment of Cairo in four selected novels. These novels are In the Eye of the Sun
(1992) by Ahdaf Soueif, Brooklyn Heights (2010) by Miral al-Tahawy, Cigara Sabe’a
(A Seventh Cigarette) (2012) by Donia Kamal, and chronicle of a Last Summer
(2016) by Yasmine El Rashidi. The theoretical framework of this thesis is the second
wave of Ecocriticism, which proposed the inclusion of built and urban environments
in the body of mainstream Ecocriticism, traditionally concerned with natural
landscapes. This wave also highlighted the relevance of issues of social and
environmental justice in ecocritical studies. Three main themes will be examined in
the three chapters of this thesis. The first is the personal relationship of the
protagonists with their city and urban environments. The second is the manifestations
of the presence of nature in the city. The third is the politics of the right to the city and
living in it