The poetry of Ibn Khafajah : a literary analysis / by Magda M. Al-Nowaihi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al-Nowaihi, Magda M.

Series:

Studies in Arabic literature ; 0169-9903 v. 16.

Studies in Arabic literature, 0169-9903 ; v. 16

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn Khafājah, Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Fatḥ, 1058 or 1059-1139--Criticism and interpretation.

Ibn Khafājah, Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Fatḥ.

Ibn Khafājah, Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Fatḥ, 1058 or 1059-1139.

Criticism and interpretation.

Local Subjects:

Ibn Khafājah, Ibrāhīm ibn Abī al-Fatḥ, 1058 or 1059-1139.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Arabic poetry.

Physical Description:

176 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1993.

Summary:

This study is an attempt to identify and describe the distinctive features of the poetic style of the acclaimed medieval Andalusian poet Ibn Khafajah, who has been credited with starting a new school of poetry, in Andalus and elsewhere. It offers a close reading of his poetry, concentrating on the three basic elements of style - imagery, rhetorical devices, and structural patterns. It shows how Ibn Khafajah creatively uses the poetic tradition available to him to form new images and scenes, create multi-layered poems, and bestow different levels of unity and coherence on his poems. The study demonstrates some of the ways by which the various elements of style are combined, and interrelated, to produce original, meaningful, and highly moving poems in the Khafajian style.

Contents:

I. Imagery. A. The Subject Matter of Imagery. B. The Formulation of Imagery. C. The Functions of Imagery

II. Rhetorical Devices. A. Background of Critical Approaches to Badi Poetry. B. Ibn Khafajah's Early Imitative Period. C. Characteristics of Ibn Khafajah's Rhetorical Style. i. Jinas. ii. Antithesis. iii. Other Rhetorical Devices. iv. Tawriya

III. Syntax and Structural Patterns. A. Background of Critical Approaches to the Structure of Arabic Poetry. B. Syntax. C. Linear Development. D. Non-linear Structural Devices.

Notes:

Rev. version of the author's thesis, Harvard, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Al-Nowaihi, Magda M. Poetry of Ibn Khafajah.

ISBN:

9004096604

9789004096608

OCLC:

26255544