Humor in der arabischen Kultur : Humor in Arabic culture / herausgegeben von Georges Tamer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tamer, Georges.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Arabic literature--History and criticism.

Arabic literature.

Humor in literature.

Arabic wit and humor--Religious aspects--Islam.

Arabic wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Humor in Arabic culture

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2009.

Language Note:

German

Summary:

This collected volume publishes the contributions of numerous scholars to the International Symposium Humor in Arabic Culture, by the editor in July 2007 at the Free University of Berlin. First of all, a critical view is taken of early Muslim religious writings - and against the background of relevant Jewish and Christian pronouncements - to determine more closely the Islamic discourse on the value and non-value of humor; here too the question is examined of the extent to which normative forces were thus released which were able to set boundaries for Arabic humor. Then the wide spectrum of the

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Religion and Humor

The Qur'ān and humor

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

Qabd (Beklommenheit) und bast (Gelöstheit) als Grundeinstellungen islamischer Mystik

The joke in rabbinic literature

Der Humor als Schritt ins Christentum

Cross-Cultural Humor

Witz und Schwank in der Kontinuität mittelmeerischer Kultur

Humor aus der Antike in der mittelalterlichen arabischen Literatur

The Byzantine sense of humor

Conflicting tendencies between higher and lower strata of humor

Humor in Medieval Arabic Literature

Provokative Grenzbereiche im klassischen arabischen Witz

Die Sonne auf dem Maultier

Die Produktion von hazl "Scherz" in der Dichtung as-Sanawbarīs

Al-Jāhiz on jest and earnest

Ayyu harajin 'alā man ansha'a mulahan?

Worüber lacht Tausendundeine Nacht?

Spott im Ornat

Humor in Modern Arabic Literature

Satire und schwarzer Humor im Werk von Zakariyyā Tāmir

Satirical weapons, Egyptianized kings

"Why will Hassan Nasrallah win the Nobel Prize for education?"

Komische Katharsis

Grenzen des Lachens

"The Importance of Being Earnest"

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-42579-X

9786612425790

3-11-021106-8

OCLC:

429913450