Arabic oration : art and function /

In Arabic Oration: Art and Function, a narrative richly infused with illustrative texts and original translations, Tahera Qutbuddin presents a comprehensive theory of this preeminent genre in its foundational oral period, 7th-8th centuries AD. With speeches and sermons attributed to the Prophet Muḥ...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Qutbuddin, Tahera (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Serier:Handbook of Oriental studies. Near and Middle East (2014) ; v. 131.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Abbreviations
  • Presentation
  • Introduction
  • 1. The preservation of orations
  • 2. Structure of the oration
  • 3. Style of the oration
  • 4. Orators and audience of the oration
  • 5. The sermon of pious counsel
  • 6. The Friday and Eid sermon
  • 7. The battle oration
  • 8. The political speech
  • 9. Additional categories
  • 10. Women's orations
  • 11. The oration's influence on Arabic prose viewed in a hybrid oral-written continuum
  • 12. The influence of the Classical Arabic oration on contemporary Muslim sermons and speeches
  • Appendix of orations: References and index
  • Glossary 1: Early Arabic orators
  • Glossary 2: Arabic literary terms
  • Bibliography
  • General index.