Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia, Volume 2 Story of a Desert Knight

The Legend of Slēwīḥ Al-'Aṭāwi and Other 'Utaybah Heroes. an Edition with Translation and Introduction
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-90-04-10102-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 17/2, 516 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1070 g

Reihe: Studies in Arabic Literature

'The Story of a Desert Knight' is the second volume of a trilogy entitled 'Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia'. It is devoted to the narratives told about and the poems composed by SlÄ“wÄ«hÌ£ al-‘AtÌ£Äwi and his brother BxÄ«t, both famous desert knights in the middle and second half of the nineteenth century. The principal source of this book is SlÄ“wÄ«hÌ£'s great-grandson XÄlid, a sheikh of the ‘Utaybah tribe.
The introduction discusses 'inter alia' the general characteristics of Bedouin oral culture, the linguistic, prosodic and stylistic features of the text, and XÄlid's use of his ancestors' oral legacy in order to enhance his position in the tribal hierarchy of prestige. In addition to the translation of the oral text this volume offers a complete transcription, based on taped records and including variants found in published Saudi sources, and a substantial glossary.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kurpershoek, Marcel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas

Über Autor(innen)

Marcel Kurpershoek is a senior research fellow at New York University Abu Dhabi. A specialist in the oral traditions and poetry of Arabia, he is the author of the five-volume Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia (Brill), as well as several books on Middle Eastern history and culture. He served as Netherlands ambassador to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Poland, and as special envoy to Syria until 2015.