The Qur An And The Aesthetics Of Premodern Arabic Prose
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The Qur An And The Aesthetics Of Premodern Arabic Prose
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Author : Sarah R. bin Tyeer
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-09-10
The Qur An And The Aesthetics Of Premodern Arabic Prose written by Sarah R. bin Tyeer and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book approaches the Qur’an as a primary source for delineating the definition of ugliness, and by extension beauty, and in turn establishing meaningful tools and terms for literary criticism within the discipline of classical Arabic literature (adab). Focusing on the aesthetic dimension of the Qur’an, this methodology opens up new horizons for reading adab by reading the tradition from within the tradition and thereby examining issues of “decontextualisation” and the “untranslatable.” This approach, in turn, invites Comparatists, as well as Arabists, to consider other means and perspectives for approaching adab besides the Bakhtinian carnival. Applying this critical strategy to literary works as diverse as One Thousand and One Nights and The Epistle of Forgiveness, Sarah R. bin Tyeer aims to prove two major points: how Bakhtin’s aesthetics is anachronistic and therefore theoretically inappropriate when applied to certain literary works and how ultimately this literary methodology is sometimes used as a proxy for ungrounded and, sometimes, unfair arguments by other scholars. Foreword by Angelika Neuwirth, Professor of Quranic studies, Freie University, Berlin, Germany.
The Qur An And Modern Arabic Literary Criticism
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Author : Mohammad Salama
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-05-17
The Qur An And Modern Arabic Literary Criticism written by Mohammad Salama and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-17 with Religion categories.
In The Qur'an and Modern Arabic Literary Criticism, Mohammad Salama navigates the labyrinthine semantics that underlie this sacred text and inform contemporary scholarship. The book presents reflections on Quranic exegesis by explaining - and distinguishing between - interpretation and explication. While the book focuses on Quranic and literary scholarship in twentieth-century Egypt from Taha Husayn to Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, it also engages with an immense tradition of scholarship from the classical period to the present, including authors such as Abu 'Ubayda, Ibn 'Abbas, al-Razi, and al-Tabari. Salama argues that, over the centuries, the Arabic language experienced semantic and phonological shifts, creating a lacuna in understanding the Qur'an and bringing contemporary readers under the spell of hermeneutical and parochial interpretations. He demonstrates that while this lacuna explains much of the intellectual poverty of traditionalist approaches to Quranic exegesis, the work of the modern Egyptian school of academics marks a sharp departure from the programmed conservatism of Islamist and Salafi exegetics. Through analyses of the writings of these intellectuals, the author shows that a fresh look at the sources and a revolutionary attempt to approach the Qur'an could render tradition itself an impetus for an alternative aesthetics-contextual, open, and unfolding.
The Qur An A Guidebook
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Author : Roberto Tottoli
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-02-20
The Qur An A Guidebook written by Roberto Tottoli and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-20 with Religion categories.
The Qur’an: A Guidebook is an updated English version of the work appeared in Italian (Rome 2021) Leggere e studiare il Corano which deals with the contents of the Qur’an, the style and formal features of the text, the history and fixation of it and an poutline of the reception in Islamic literature. The aim of the work is to give a reader a description of what he/she can find in the Islamic holy text and the state of the critical debates on all the topics dealt with, focusing mainly on the growing scholarly literature which appeared in the last 30 years. As such, the work is unique in combining the aim to give comprehensive information on the topic and, at the same, time, reconstruct the critical debate in a balanced outline also emphasizing confessional approaches and the dynamics in the study of the Qur’an. There is nothing similar in contemporary scholarship and the book is a handbook for students and scholars of Islam but also for readers in religious studies who need to know how the main questions related to the Islamic text have been discussed in recent scholarship.
Reading Across Borders
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Author : Aria Fani
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2024
Reading Across Borders written by Aria Fani and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The dynamic and interconnected ways Afghans and Iranians invented their modern selves through literature.
The Beloved In Middle Eastern Literatures
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Author : Alireza Korangy
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-05-30
The Beloved In Middle Eastern Literatures written by Alireza Korangy and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-30 with Social Science categories.
In the long literary history of the Middle East, the notion of 'the beloved' has been a central trope in both the poetry and prose of the region. This book explores the concept of the beloved in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary manner, revealing how shared ideas on the subject supersede geographical and temporal boundaries, and ideas of nationhood. The book considers the beloved in its classical, modern and postmodern manifestations, taking into account the different sexual orientations and forms of desire expressed. From the pre-Islamic 'Udhri (romantic unrequited love), to the erotic same-sex love in thirteenth century poetry and prose, the divine Sufi reflections on the topic, and post-revolutionary love encounters in Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, The Beloved in Middle Eastern Literatures connects the affective and cultural with the political and the obscene. In focusing on the diverse manifestations of love and tropes of the lover/beloved binary, this book is unique in foregrounding what is often regarded as a 'taboo subject' in the region. The multi-faceted outlook reveals the variety of philological, philosophical, poetic and literary forms that treat this significant motif.
The Oxford Handbook Of Qur Anic Studies
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Author : Mustafa Shah
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-05-14
The Oxford Handbook Of Qur Anic Studies written by Mustafa Shah and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-14 with Religion categories.
The Qur'an is the foundational sacred text of the Islamic faith. Traditionally revered as the literal word of God, its pronouncements and discussions form the bedrock of Islamic beliefs and teachings. Notwithstanding its religious pre-eminence and the fact that it is the sacred text for over one billion of the world's Muslims, the Qur'an is also considered to be the matchless masterpiece of the Arabic language. Its historical impact as a text can be discerned in all aspects of the heritage of the Arabic literary tradition. Over recent decades, academic engagement with the Qur'an has produced an impressive array of scholarship, ranging from detailed studies of the text's unique language, style and structure, to meticulous surveys of its contents, concepts and historical contexts. The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies is an essential reference and starting point for those with an academic interest in the Qur'an. It offers not only detailed reviews of influential subjects in the field, but also a critical overview of developments in the research discourse. It explores the tradition of Qur'anic exegesis and hermeneutics, making it a comprehensive academic resource for the study of the Qur'an. No single volume devoted to such a broad academic survey of the state of the field currently exists.
Islam And New Directions In World Literature
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Author : Sarah R. Bin Tyeer
language : en
Publisher: EUP
Release Date : 2022-11-29
Islam And New Directions In World Literature written by Sarah R. Bin Tyeer and has been published by EUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
Brings forth the Islamicate as an aesthetic and critical force in World Literature Since its advent, Islam has been cross-pollinating world literatures in Africa, Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean and the Americas, constantly enriching and enriched by various humanistic traditions in multiple languages, spanning the lives of individuals and societies throughout history. Yet, scholarship on Islam as World Literature has been sparse despite its significant contribution. Islam and New Directions in World Literature understands Islamic literary and cultural heritages as dynamic forces, constantly enriching and enriched by various humanistic traditions in multiple languages. Exploring Islam's presence in world literatures in two strands - on the one hand examining the orientalist versions and usages of Islam; on the other hand analysing the presence of Islam as a discursive and creative tradition - this book advances a consideration of Islam as an agent in the history of World Literature. In so doing, it delinks World Literature from its default 'Global North' originary moments and geographies, and posits the Islamicate as an alternative modality of literary worldliness. It avoids antagonising one literature against the other, and instead creates hospitable sites of fresh interpretations across hemispheres in a collection of chapters that engage a plurality of scholarly fields, and cover a variety of periods, literary traditions and languages. Key Features Brings forth the Islamicate as an aesthetic and critical force in World Literature Disrupts the one-way traffic in the field of World Literature studies by regarding Islam as both an alternative and a critical force behind creative processes Covers a wide range of regions (Western European, Turkic, Indo-Persian, Middle-Eastern, African, Chinese literatures), temporal settings, literary traditions (fiction, poetry, critical theory and philosophy, oral literature and orature), as well as languages of the Islamicate Asserts interdisciplinarity and moves beyond the binary frame of East vs West or North vs South Includes a foreword by Jeffrey Einboden Sarah R. Bin Tyeer is Assistant Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. Claire Gallien is Assistant Professor at the University of Montpellier 3 and is a member of the Institut de Recherche sur l'Âge Classique et les Lumières at the CNRS.
From The Khan S Oven
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Author : Eren Tasar
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-10-11
From The Khan S Oven written by Eren Tasar and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-11 with Religion categories.
Spanning the history of Islamic Central Asia from medieval to modern times, this volume features groundbreaking studies of the region’s religious life and culture by leading scholars in the field.
Contrariness In Classical Arabic Literature
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Author : Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-03-28
Contrariness In Classical Arabic Literature written by Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-28 with History categories.
In his Beautifying the Ugly and Uglifying the Beautiful (Taḥsīn al-qabīḥ wa-taqbīḥ al-ḥasan) the prolific anthologist al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1038) offers a thematically arranged selection of Arabic poems and prose anecdotes or sayings with contrary or paradoxical purport, such as praise of miserliness, boredom, sickness, and death, or condemnation of generosity, intelligence, youth, and music. The book is both entertaining and informative, giving insight in premodern Arab and Islamic culture. It contains a new edition of the Arabic text and a complete English translation (the first in any language) with extensive annotation, preceded by an introduction with the necessary background of the genre.
The Poetics Of The Obscene In Premodern Arabic Poetry
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Author : S. Antoon
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-02-27
The Poetics Of The Obscene In Premodern Arabic Poetry written by S. Antoon and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-27 with Social Science categories.
The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context.