Pierre Cachia

Exploring Arab Folk Literature (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The character and range of Arab folk literature are investigated by Pierre Cachia in this collection of his essays in the field he has pioneered.These are arranged into three sections. The first traces the changing relationship between Arab folk and elite literatures, the gradual elaboration of certain genres, and the career of a folk poet. The author then devotes a substantial section to the consideration of single or related texts. Finally he comments on social and cultural implications and on differences of attitudes of folk and elite towards sensitive issues.This book represents an insightful contribution to our understanding of Arab folk literature and will be of relevance to anyone with an interest in Arab literary creativity.Key FeaturesCollects in one volume Pierre Cachia's observations on material acquired after his seminal 'Popular Narrative Ballads of Modern Egypt' (1989)Includes two previously unpublished essaysExamines the history, texts, and social and cultural implications of the traditionPresents a revised and updated transcription system based on pronunciation of the language - far more suited to oral forms of literature

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748654055
• Artikelnr.: 38218105

Autorenporträt

The late Pierre Cachia was Professor Emeritus, Arabic Language and Literature, Columbia University. He was the joint editor of Islam: Past Influence and Present Challenge, the festschrift published by EUP for William Montgomery Watt (1984). He also jointly authored with William Montgomery Watt A History of Islamic Spain (1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
The Transcription Of Arabic
Part I: Fact Finding
1. Arabic Literatures, "Elite" and "Folk" - Junctions and Disjunctions
2. The Egyptian Mawwal: its Ancestry, its Development, and its Present Forms
3. The Nahda's first stirrings of interest in Alf Layla
4. The Career of Mustafa Ibrahim 'Ajaj
Part II: Texts
5. The Prophet's Shirt: three Versions of an Egyptian Narrative Ballad
6. An Uncommon Use of Nonsense Verse in Colloquial Arabic
7. An Early Example of Narrative Verse in Colloquial Arabic
8. An Incomplete Egyptian Ballad on the 1956 War
9. Three Versions of an Egyptian Narrative Ballad
10. Pulp Stories in the Repertoire of Egyptian Folk Singers
11. Karam il-Yatim
12. Of Loose Verse and Masculine Beauty
13. A Zajal on the MiPart III: Cultural and Social Implications
14. The 'Other' in Egyptian Folk Literature
15. Cultural Cross-Currents in Maltese Idioms
16. Social Values Reflected in Egyptian Popular Ballads
17. Folk Themes in the Works of Najib Surur
18. Elite treatment of Honour crimes in modern Egypt.