NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Urdu Literature, Rhymed Prose, Frame Story
27 Feb 2013
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23standard, literary arabic closely related to classical arabic, and. Qur"anic arabic: grew out of adab concept the how tos" of cultural behaviour; etiquette, poetry4, purpose poem (qasida): panegyrical5 or satirical, wine and love poetry (abu nuwas) (mutanabbi6) Wine poetry more for court setting (patron) Common people would read them and still enjoy them love and wine poetry later became mysticized (and erotic), and metaphor for intoxication and love of. Syriac: didactic, moralizing (translation from persian, greek, animal fables (kalila wa dimna8, popular religious: legends of prophets, narratives of. Also narratives of muhammad"s heavenly ascension9: entertaining tales (1001 nights); rhymed prose (maqamat, some go back to gilgamesh (ancient mesopatamia) 2 oral tradition important at the time, and continued to be. 3 written tradition becomes very important w/ intro to arabic script, though for nomadic culture, oral tradition remains primary (unlike ottoman, tukic) 6 praises himself and his patron in his poetry, very well-written and witty done improv.
