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The Lightning-Scene in Ancient Arabic Poetry : Function, Narration and Idiosyncrasy in Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Poetry.
In Old Arabic poetry from the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods to the end of the orthodox Caliphate, one theme is the lightning-scene. In this the protagonist asserts that he could not sleep because he saw lightning flashing far away in the sky. The book explores the various functions of this s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
| Publicado: |
Wiesbaden :
Harrassowitz Verlag,
2014.
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| Colección: | Arabische Studien.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In Old Arabic poetry from the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods to the end of the orthodox Caliphate, one theme is the lightning-scene. In this the protagonist asserts that he could not sleep because he saw lightning flashing far away in the sky. The book explores the various functions of this scene, and its relationship with other parts of the poem.This study achieves two main goals. The first sheds light on two important terms connected with Old Arabic poetry: the function and the narration. We see how a certain element can function differently from text to text, and how these different. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (317 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783447190657 3447190655 |