Motif Index of the Thousand and One Nights

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

In 1704 the French Orientalist Antoin Galland introduced to the Western world a translation of The Thousand and One Nights. Over the course of two subsequent centuries, numerous editions followed. Many of these, like Galland's, included texts of stories not found in the indigenous manuscripts of the Nights but selected by the European editors from other literary and oral collections of ordinary folktales and legends. Thus, the original work acquired a Western designation as The Arabian Nights, a title unknown among the masses in Arab lands. Now, three centuries later, original publication of The Thousand and One Nights is being celebrated with widespread, renewed interest in the work. Hasan El-Shamy's motif-index, based on an authentic folk edition of Alf laylah wa laylah, provides scholars of various fields accurate information about the content of this classic piece of Arabic folk tradition.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-12-21
Mått:156 x 235 x 44 mm
Vikt:1 061 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Indiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor:696
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253348340

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Hasan El-Shamy is Professor of Folklore, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and African Studies at Indiana University. He is author of several books, including Types of the Folktale in the Arab World (IUP, 2004), Tales Arab Women Tell (IUP, 1999), and Folk Traditions of the Arab World: A Guide to Motif Classifications (IUP, 1995).

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"This is a valuable reference for university libraries, large public libraries, and Arabic and Middle East study centers. . . . Recommended."—Choice"Prof. Hasan M. el-Shamy has once again produced an authoritative work on Middle Eastern folklore . . . There exists a cultural chasm between the Middle East and the European West, and major literary works such as 'Alf laylah wa laylah are relatively unknown, or at best reduced to children's tales or Hollywood spectaculars. el-Shamy's A Motif Index of the Thousand and One Nights is not only valuable to the folklorist, but is an element in bridging the gap.Spring/ Summer 2009"—Western Folklore"El-Shamy's motif index will certainly be helpful for students of The Thousand and One Nights in finding their way through the ever-expanding corpus of material.124, 2011"—Journal of American Folklore"The wealth of information contained in [this] volume is impressive, and one can only wish that more studies of this kind will be undertaken on other narrative corpora of the Near and Middle East."—Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroductionList of Abbreviations and SignsA Note on Data Presentation, AbbreviationsA. Mythological and Related Belief MotifsB. AnimalsC. TabuD. Magic and Similar Supernatural OccurrencesE. The DeadF. MarvelsG. Ogres and SatanH. TestsJ. The Wise and the FoolishK. DeceptionsL. Reversal of FortuneM. Ordaining the FutureN. Chance and FateP. SocietyQ. Rewards and PunishmentsR. Captives and FugitivesS. Unnatural CrueltyT. SexU. The Nature of LifeV. Religion and Religious ServicesW. Traits of CharacterX. HumorZ. Miscellaneous Groups of MotifsOther References to MotifsTitles of Tales according to Burton's Translation (Nos. 1-169)Alphabetical Index of MotifsRegister of Tale-typesReferences to Tale-typesAppendix: Titles of Tales 170-262 in Burton's TranslationGeneral Index