Author: Ilse LichtenstadterPublisher: Schocken
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Introduction to Classical Arabic Literature
Author: Ilse LichtenstadterPublisher: Schocken
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
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Author: Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814770274
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Verse and prose, from the 6th century CE (pre-Islamic) to the early 18th century CE.
An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic
Author: Wheeler McIntosh ThackstonPublisher: Ibex Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic is an elementary-level grammar of standard classical Arabic, the literary norm of the Arabic language that has not changed appreciably in fourteen hundred years. An indispensable tool for all who are interested in Islamic religion, science, and literature, the language presented in this book will enable the learner to study firsthand the primary sources of Islamic civilization and the classics of the Islamic Near East.
Arabic Poetics
Author: Lara HarbPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108490212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Revealing how an aesthetic of wonder underlies classical Arabic treatments of poetry, the Quran, and Aristotelian poetics, this fresh look at the question of literary quality, using the framework of aesthetic theory, is essential reading for scholars and students of Arabic literature, Islamic Studies, literary theory and Islamic art history.
Night & Horses & The Desert
Author: Robert IrwinPublisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1590209141
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This collection of Arabic literature is “a joy to read. . . . a journey through eleven centuries of a lost world, with a surprise on almost every page” (Financial Times). Spanning the fifth to the sixteenth centuries, from Afghanistan to Spain, Night & Horses & The Desert includes translated extracts from all the major classics in an invaluable introduction to the subject of classical Arabic literature. Robert Irwin has selected a wide range of poetry and prose in translation, from the most important and typical texts to the very obscure. Alongside the extracts, Irwin’s copious commentary and notes provide an explanatory history of the subject. What were the various genres and to what extent were they constrained by rules? What were the canons of traditional Arabic literary criticism? How were Arabic prose and poetry recited and written down? Irwin explores the literary environments of the desert, salon, mosque, and bookshop and provides brief biographies of the caliphs, princesses, warriors, scribes, dandies, and mystics who created such a rich and diverse literary culture. Night & Horses & The Desert gives western readers a unique taste of the sheer vitality and depth of the medieval Arab past. “Superb . . . . a revelation.” —The Washington Post “[A] treasure-house of a book. . . . Unequaled for scholarship and entertainment.” —The Independent
A Reader of Classical Arabic Literature
Author: S.A. BonebakkerPublisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 1948488906
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A Reader of Classical Arabic Literature is one of a very small group of resources in English for the teaching of intermediate and advanced level classical Arabic. Based on his lecture notes, the late Seeger Bonebakker designed a superb teaching text, which he then asked his UCLA colleague, Michael Fishbein, to help him annotate and augment. The result is a truly valuable reader, one used widely in the United States and Europe, featuring judicious and instructive selections from such works as Ibn al-Qifti's Inbah al-ruwat, al-Tanukhi's al-Faraj ba'd al-shidda, and al-Dhahabi's Siyar a'lam al-nubala', among others.
The Poetics of Ancient and Classical Arabic Literature
Author: Esad DurakovicPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317520491
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Through analysing ancient and classical Arabic literature, including the Qur'an, from within the Arabic literary tradition, this book provides an original interpretation of poetics, and of other important aspects of Arab culture. Ancient Arabic literature is a realm of poetry; prose literary forms emerged rather late, and even then remained in the shadow of poetic creative efforts. Traditionally, this literature has been viewed through a philologist’s lens and has often been represented as ‘materialistic’ in the sense that its poetry lacked imagination. As a result, Arabic poetry was often evaluated negatively in relation to other poetic traditions. The Poetics of Ancient and Classical Arabic Literature argues that old Arabic literature is remarkably coherent in poetical terms and has its own individuality, and that claims of its materialism arise from a failure to grasp the poetic principles of the Arabic tradition. Analysing the Qur’an, which is known for confronting the poetry of the time, this book reveals that "post Qur’anic" literature came to be defined against it. Thus, the constitution and interpretation of Arabic literature imposed itself as a particular exegesis of the sacred Text. Disputing traditional interpretations by arguing that Arabic literature can only be assessed from within, and not through comparison with other literary traditions, this book is of interest to students and scholars of Islamic Studies, Arabic Studies and Literary Studies.
An Introduction to the History of Modern Arabic Literature in Egypt
Author: J. BrugmanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004663037
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Ideas, Images, and Methods of Portrayal
Author: Sebastian GüntherPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047407261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This volume of collected studies in classical Arabic literature and Islam opens a window into the fascinating world of medieval Muslim scholarship. It explores issues in the intellectual heritage of Islam, which have universal appeal and are, therefore, of interest to both specialist and non-specialist readers alike.
Description in Classical Arabic Poetry
Author: Akiko Motoyoshi SumiPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004129221
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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.