Egyptian writers measured their cultural legitimacy against European canonical standards.

Evidence

As foreigners the judges are in no position to question the real- ism of the accused’s work, but have full authority over artistic standards. What is most important in these articles, then, is the question of where Egypt stands as a culture with respect to Europe. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 949 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Egyptian writers conceded Europe authority over artistic standards. (similarity 0.88)
• Post-1919 Egyptian writers measured themselves anxiously against European cultural standards. (similarity 0.84)
• Egyptian writers in 1919 saw themselves as mere imitators of Europe. (similarity 0.83)
• Paris-educated Egyptian writers sought to Egyptianize literature while retaining French cultural reference points (similarity 0.82)
• Early twentieth-century Egyptian theater writers sought moral realism, not escapist entertainment (similarity 0.81)
• Egyptian writers blended medieval Black stereotypes with imported European power terminology (similarity 0.80)
• Egyptian writers stereotyped Sudanese as comic servants despite demanding realism. (similarity 0.80)
• Egyptian independence hinged on proving moral compatibility with western Europe (similarity 0.79)
• Egyptian cultural productions erased Sudan’s distinctness by depicting it as Egypt’s backyard (similarity 0.79)
• Egyptians realized Europe ranked them closer to Africa than to Europe in civilizational terms (similarity 0.79)
• Egyptian racial thought blended medieval stereotypes with European civilizational concepts (similarity 0.79)
• Egyptian intellectuals studied British imperial success to emulate it. (similarity 0.78)
• Egyptian writers mocked Sudanese as mere servants while demanding realism about themselves. (similarity 0.78)
• Egyptian independence hinged on proving civilization to western Europe (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Egyptian writers conceded Europe authority over artistic standards. #expands (0.90) — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 949
• Taymür staged Egyptian playwrights being judged by canonical European writers. #exemplifies (0.85)
• Egyptian writers occupied a colonial limbo unlike other colonized literatures #expands (0.40)