Moroccan short stories

The Moroccan short story has known a great change in both vision and techniques since its beginning in the early forties of the last century. It has shifted its focus from external reality to internal reality, from the object to the subject. In structure it has been moving from the traditional harmony, or the Aristotelian plot, to the apparent disruption and disharmony. The Moroccan short story has certainly benefited from the artistic achievements of the short story in the Eastern and the Western worlds, but it has never lost its local flavor, making use of its settings, legends, folktales, and proverbs. The convergence of the Eastern and Western cultures in Morocco can only make its literature richer, more varied and colorful, and less shut upon itself. -- Back cover.