Oral Poetry and Narratives from Central Arabia: The Poetry of Ad-Dindan : A Bedouin Bard in Southern Najd (001) (Studies in Arabic Literature, Vol 17) (English and Arabic Edition) - Hardcover

Kupershoek, P. M.; Kurpershoek, P. Marcel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004098941 ISBN 13: 9789004098947

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 1994

Synopsis

This work presents the complete collection of oral poetry by ad-Dindān, a bedouin poet of the Duwāsir tribe in southern Najd, transcribed and translated on the basis of taped recordings. The text is representative of a poetic tradition which has remained remarkably close to the desert poetry of the early classical age. An extensive glossary, including detailed cross-references to the classical Arabic vocabulary, completes this edition.
The introduction describes Dindān's somewhat anomalous position in local society as a result of his stubborn attachment to nomadism, his fierce artistic temper, and his unreconstructed bedouin ethos. It also discusses the composition of oral poetry, the dīwān's themes and its place in the Najdi tradition, the impact of literacy on the poet's oral work, and the prosodic and linguistic features of the text.

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About the Author

P. Marcel Kurpershoek studied Arabic language and literature at the University of Leiden and has served in several Arab countries as a member of the Netherlands Foreign Service. He is the author of The Short Stories of Yusuf Idris (Brill, 1981) and Deep Inside Arabia (1992, in Dutch), a travelogue and account of his fieldwork among the Bedouins of Saudi Arabia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004098941
• ISBN 13: 9789004098947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 396