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The Tale of al-Barraq Son of Rawhan and Layla the Chaste: A bilingual edition and study

by Marle Hammond

2021-05-27 04:28:17

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This book presents a bilingual edition and study of an anonymous work of early Arabic fiction set in pre-Islamic times: an Arab maiden called ''Layla the Chaste'' is kidnapped and threatened with forced marriage to a Persian king. Ultimately, she is ... Read more
This book presents a bilingual edition and study of an anonymous work of early Arabic fiction set in pre-Islamic times: an Arab maiden called ''Layla the Chaste'' is kidnapped and threatened with forced marriage to a Persian king. Ultimately, she is saved by her handsome and beloved cousinal-Barraq, and they marry and live happily ever after. This knight-in-shining-armour-rescues-damsel-in-distress narrative, which combines elements of the Arabic popular epic (sira) with others from the ?Udhri love story and the western fairy tale, was misinterpreted as history by scholars in the19th century. In the two substantive chapters that frame her translation of the tale, Hammond discusses the text''s evolution in the Arab Renaissance and its metamorphoses in 20th-century popular culture. She also analyses the structure of the tale to look for clues as to its real origins, sheddingnew light on theories of the development of the Arabic novel. Less

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Marlé Hammond
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Marlé Hammond is a Senior Lecturer in Arabic Popular Literature & Culture at SOAS, University of London. Prior to her arrival at SOAS in August 2010, she held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowsh...

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