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Author : Michael Zwettler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Oral Tradition of Classical Arabic Poetry written by Michael Zwettler and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Zwettler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Oral Tradition of Classical Arabic Poetry written by Michael Zwettler and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael A. Sells
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780819511584
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Desert Tracings written by Michael A. Sells and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 1989-05 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A skillful translation of six classical odes of pre-Islamic Arabia.
Author : Salim Kemal
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004093713
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (937 download)
Download or read book The Poetics of Alfarabi and Avicenna written by Salim Kemal and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1991 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an original and important study of philosophical issues in medieval Arabic poetics. Examining the commentaries on Aristotle's "Poetics by Avicenna" in the context of Aristotle's logical theory, the author shows how the philosophers justified the logical and moral power of poetic discourse.
Author : Jaroslav Stetkevych
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780268041519
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (415 download)
Download or read book The Hunt in Arabic Poetry written by Jaroslav Stetkevych and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through elegant translations and compelling interpretations, Jaroslav Stetkevych brings this dynamic Arabic tradition fully into the purview of contemporary cultural and humanistic studies.
Author : Tahera Qutbuddin
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004395806
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Arabic Oration: Art and Function written by Tahera Qutbuddin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 Sheikh Zayed Book Award (category: Arab Culture in Other Languages) Browse a preview of Arabic Oration: Art and Fuction. In Arabic Oration: Art and Function, a narrative richly infused with illustrative texts and original translations, Tahera Qutbuddin presents a comprehensive theory of this preeminent genre in its foundational oral period, 7th-8th centuries AD. With speeches and sermons attributed to the Prophet Muḥammad, ʿAlī, other political and military leaders, and a number of prominent women, she assesses types of orations and themes, preservation and provenance, structure and style, orator-audience authority dynamics, and, with the shift from an oral to a highly literate culture, oration’s influence on the medieval chancery epistle. Probing the genre’s echoes in the contemporary Muslim world, she offers sensitive tools with which to decode speeches by mosque-imams and political leaders today.
Author : Adonis
Publisher : Saqi
ISBN 13 : 0863567371
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (635 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Arab Poeti written by Adonis and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry is the quintessence of Arab culture. In this book, one of the foremost Arab poets reinterprets a rich and ancient heritage. He examines the oral tradition of pre-Islamic Arabian poetry, as well as the relationship between Arabic poetry and the Qur'an, and between poetry and thought. Adonis also assesses the challenges of modernism and the impact of western culture on the Arab poetic tradition. Stimulating in their originality, eloquent in their treatment of a wide range of poetry and criticism, these reflections open up fresh perspectives on one of the world's greatest - and least explored - literatures. 'The most intellectually stimulating of several Arab books of unique literary distinction in fine translations ... Translated with uncommon intelligence ... As important a cultural manifesto as any written today.' Edward Said, Independent on Sunday 'Adonis's only prose work available in English is this book. The loss is ours and it is massive, for Adonis is a writer like Neruda or Marquez.' Geoff Dyer, Independent 'Introduces the reader to a new way of interpreting all poetry, and to many marvellous words that do not have an English equivalent.' Arts Letter
Author : Samer M. Ali
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268074976
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Arabic Literary Salons in the Islamic Middle Ages written by Samer M. Ali and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arabic literary salons emerged in ninth-century Iraq and, by the tenth, were flourishing in Baghdad and other urban centers. In an age before broadcast media and classroom education, salons were the primary source of entertainment and escape for middle- and upper-rank members of society, serving also as a space and means for educating the young. Although salons relied on a culture of oral performance from memory, scholars of Arabic literature have focused almost exclusively on the written dimensions of the tradition. That emphasis, argues Samer Ali, has neglected the interplay of oral and written, as well as of religious and secular knowledge in salon society, and the surprising ways in which these seemingly discrete categories blurred in the lived experience of participants. Looking at the period from 500 to 1250, and using methods from European medieval studies, folklore, and cultural anthropology, Ali interprets Arabic manuscripts in order to answer fundamental questions about literary salons as a social institution. He identifies salons not only as sites for socializing and educating, but as loci for performing literature and oral history; for creating and transmitting cultural identity; and for continually reinterpreting the past. A fascinating recovery of a key element of humanistic culture, Ali’s work will encourage a recasting of our understanding of verbal art, cultural memory, and daily life in medieval Arab culture.
Download or read book The L-poem of the Arabs ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert D. Miller
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610972716
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Oral Tradition in Ancient Israel written by Robert D. Miller and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a comprehensive study of "oral tradition" in Israel, this volume unpacks the nature of oral tradition, the form it would have taken in ancient Israel, and the remains of it in the narrative books of the Hebrew Bible. The author presents cases of oral/written interaction that provide the best ethnographic analogies for ancient Israel and insights from these suggest a model of transmission in oral-written societies valid for ancient Israel. Miller reconstructs what ancient Israelite oral literature would have been and considers criteria for identifying orally derived material in the narrative books of the Old Testament, marking several passages as highly probable oral derivations. Using ethnographic data and ancient Near Eastern examples, he proposes performance settings for this material. The epilogue treats the contentious topic of historicity and shows that orally derived texts are not more historically reliable than other texts in the Bible.
Author : Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004129221
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (292 download)
Download or read book Description in Classical Arabic Poetry written by Akiko Motoyoshi Sumi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work deals with "wasf" or description which is one of the salient characteristics of the "qasidah" (classical Arabic poetry) tradition. It examines descriptive passages in a selected group of Arabic "qasidah" from different ages, with the motifs of horses, and bees and honey-gathering.
Author : Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720171
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Mute Immortals Speak written by Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A body of Bedouin oral poetry which was collected in the second or third Islamic century, the pre-Islamic qasidah, or ode, stands with the Qur'an as a twin foundation of Arabo-Islamic literary culture. Throughout the rich fifteen-hundred-year history of classical Arabic literature, the qasidah served as profane anti-text to the sacred text of the Qur'an. While recognizing the esteem in which Arabs have traditionally held this poetry of the pagan past, modern critics in both East and West have yet to formulate a poetics that would provide the means to analyze and evaluate the qasidah. Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych here offers the first aesthetics appropriate for this orally composed Arabic verse, an aesthetics that is built on—and tested on—close readings of a number of the poems. Drawing on the insights of contemporary literary theory, anthropology, and the history of religions, Stetkevych maintains that the poetry of the qasidah is ritualized in both form and function. She brings to bear an extensive body of lore, legend, and myth as she interprets individual themes and images with references to rites of passage and rituals of sacrifice. Her English translations of the poems under discussion convey the power and beauty of the originals, as well as a sense of their complex intertextuality and distinctive lexicon. The Mute Immortals Speak will be important for students and scholars in the fields of Middle Eastern literatures, Islamic studies, folklore, oral literature, and literary theory, and by anthropologists, comparatists, historians of religion, and medievalists.
Author : Marlé Hammond
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 9781841597980
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)
Download or read book Arabic Poems written by Marlé Hammond and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. This book selects eighty poems that reflecting desire and longing of various kinds: for the beloved, for the divine, for the homeland, and for change and renewal.
Author : Jonas Elbousty
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317572890
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Advanced Arabic Literary Reader written by Jonas Elbousty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Arabic Literary Reader is a truly representative collection of literary extracts from across the Arabic-speaking world. Extracts from each country in the Arab world have been carefully selected, with a balance of both male and female writers and prominent and emerging voices, providing a unique window into the Arab world. Suitable for both class use and independent study, each extract is supported by an introduction to the author, pre-reading activities, comprehension questions and discussion questions. These activities are designed to help learners expand and reinforce their vocabulary, develop their oral and written proficiency and stimulate further exploration of the cultural and historical background of the texts. Written entirely in Arabic, the Advanced Arabic Literary Reader is an essential text for advanced students who wish to further their reading, speaking, and writing ability in Modern Standard Arabic. Free audio recordings of the extracts are available online at www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138828698/ to enable students to improve listening skills.
Author : A. F. L. Beeston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521240158
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (212 download)
Download or read book Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period written by A. F. L. Beeston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-11-03 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History provides an invaluable source of reference of the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world.
Author : Beatrice Gruendler
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 904742381X
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms written by Beatrice Gruendler and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume brings together approaches to different elements of Arabic-Islamic civilization, mainly in the areas of linguistics, literature, literary theory, and prosody, but also including religion, ritual, economics, and zoology. Contributions also touch upon the adjacent areas of the Old Iranian, Persian, Greek and Byzantine written traditions. Some take as their points of departure specific Arabic words (cat, giraffe) or morphemes; others explore literary genres, subgenres (oration, ode, macaronic poem, travel narrative) or figures within them (the trickster, the devil). Cultural concepts such as wishing, gift-giving or discourse are treated, as are aspects of broader phenomena, such as the role of gender in dream interpretation or the relative merits of luxury goods and mass-produced commodities.
Author : Muhsin J. al-Musawi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135989257
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Arabic Poetry written by Muhsin J. al-Musawi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late 1940s, Arabic poetry has spoken for an Arab conscience, as much as it has debated positions and ideologies, nationally and worldwide. This book tackles issues of modernity and tradition in Arabic poetry as manifested in poetic texts and criticism by poets as participants in transformation and change. It studies the poetic in its complexity, relating to issues of selfhood, individuality, community, religion, ideology, nation, class and gender. Al-Musawi also explores in context issues that have been cursorily noticed or neglected, like Shi’i poetics, Sufism, women’s poetry, and expressions of exilic consciousness. Arabic Poetry employs current literary theory and provides comprehensive coverage of modern and post-modern poetry from the 1950s onwards, making it essential reading for those with interests in Arabic culture and literature and Middle East studies.
