Šeš ṭaraf-e donyā, 'Les six côtés du monde' : anthropologie de la narration dans la littérature persane classique / par Mario Casari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casari, Mario, 1967- author.

Series:

Studia Iranica. Cahier ; 65.

Conférences d'études iraniennes Ehsan et Latifeh Yarshater ; 9.

Studia Iranica. Cahier, 0993-8699 ; 65

Conferences d'études iraniennes Ehsan et Latifeh Yarshater, 2467-6241 ; 9

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Persian literature--History and criticism.

Persian literature.

Physical Description:

266 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris : Association pour l'Avancement des Études Iraniennes, 2023.

Language Note:

In French, with summaries in English.

Summary:

"This volume contains the text of the five Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater Distinguished Lectures on Iranian Studies, organized by the Unité Mixte de Recherche 7528 'Mondes iranien et indien', and delivered in 2018 at the Collège de France in Paris. It presents a reflection on the nature of narration in classical Persian literature, its role as a central cultural reference system, and the connection that narrative production may maintain with the different fields of knowledge that govern the human experience of the world. Taking a tale of the Alexander legend as a case study, the volume is structured in five chapters, with five main themes: first, the main tools and values of Persian narration; the link of story-telling with Persian moral reflection; the absorption of scientific notions into the fabric of tales; their gradual assumption of symbolic and mystical values; and finally the circulation of tales in popular literary domains alongside various forms of folk knowledge"--Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-242) and indexes.

ISBN:

9782910640514

2910640515

OCLC:

1407390903

Publisher Number:

9782910640514