Selected Studies on Genre in Middle Eastern Literatures : From Epics to Novels / edited by Hülya Çelik and Petr Kucera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Çelik, Hülya, editor.

Kucera, Petr, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle Eastern literature--History and criticism.

Middle Eastern literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

The examination of literary genres in the Middle East opens the possibility of gaining new insights into the intellectual universe of Middle Eastern societies, the question of production of meaning, what "literature" meant in different historical periods, and the underlying epistemology of producing knowledge, and how this epistemology has changed over time.This book comprises 12 case studies from the three major Middle Eastern languages - Arabic, Persian, and Turkish - written by experts in the field. It brings together a wide range of approaches - from the study of epics to an analysis of travelogues, and from classical poetry to novels. Instead of focusing on one period or juxtaposing the classical genres and the West-induced development of "modern genres," the studies in their totality apply a broad diachronic and synchronic perspective, with the potential to create a comparative framework for the study of the sociocultural and narratological dimensions of genre in the Middle East.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section I

Is Oġuznāme a Genre?

A Transcultural Perspective on the Epic Genre in Persian and Kyrgyz Poetry

Between Innovation and Tradition

A Case Study of Social Structures Triggering a Subgenre

Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Panegyric and Markers of Its Narrativity

Section II

Genre Development in the Qurʾān

Erudition at the Intersection of Genres?

Muṣṭafā al-Bakrī's Jerusalem Journey and the Early Modern Arabic Travelogue

Section III

What Does it Mean to Design a Plot?

Biography: Modest Champion of Ottoman-Turkish Literature

The Popular City Mysteries Literary Genre

In the Service of the Republic

Contributors.

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Other Format:

Print version: Çelik, Hülya Selected Studies on Genre in Middle Eastern Literatures

ISBN:

9781527515260

1527515265

OCLC:

1392345081