The Tale of al-Barrāq Son of Rawḥān and Laylā the Chaste

A bilingual edition and study

AvMarlé Hammond

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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This book presents a bilingual edition and study of an anonymous work of early Arabic fiction set in pre-Islamic times: an Arab maiden called 'Laylā the Chaste' is kidnapped and threatened with forced marriage to a Persian king. Ultimately, she is saved by her handsome and beloved cousin al-Barrāq, and they marry and live happily ever after. This knight-in-shining-armour-rescues-damsel-in-distress narrative, which combines elements of the Arabic popular epic (sīra) with others from the Udhrī; love story and the western fairy tale, was misinterpreted as history by scholars in the 19th century. In the two substantive chapters that frame her translation of the tale, Hammond discusses the text's evolution in the Arab Renaissance and its metamorphoses in 20th-century popular culture. She also analyses the structure of the tale to look for clues as to its real origins, shedding new light on theories of the development of the Arabic novel.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-23
Mått:164 x 242 x 26 mm
Vikt:660 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:British Academy Monographs
Antal sidor:100
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780197266687

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Marlé Hammond is currently Senior Lecturer in Arabic Popular Literature and Culture at SOAS University of London, where she has taught courses on Arabic literature and Middle Eastern Cinema. Previously she was British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2010) and St. John's College Research Centre Fellow (2002-2006) at Oxford University. She was raised in Albany, New York, and studied under Pierre Cachia, George Saliba and Magda Al-Nowaihi at Columbia University in New York City. From June 1990 to June 1991, she was a Center for Arabic Study Abroad Fellow at the American University in Cairo. She now resides in Oxford with her husband and two teenage children.

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PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsA Note on Transliteration and TerminologyA Note on the Manuscripts and Published EditionsA Note on the (Incorrect) Attribution of the Tale to ?Umar b. ShabbaKey Dates1: From Fiction to History and Back: The Tale, its Versions and its Afterlives2: The Tale of al-Barrāq Son of Rawḥān and Laylā the Chaste, in English translation3: The Narrative, Its Components and its 'Novelisation'BibliographyAppendix: The Arabic Text

Paola Vargas Arana

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