Ruse and Wit :The Humorous in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Narrative - Ilex Series

Ruse and Wit

Ruse and Wit :The Humorous in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Narrative - Ilex Series

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The essays in Ruse and Wit examine in detail a wide range of texts (from nonsensical prose, to ribald poetry, titillating anecdotes, edifying plays, and journalistic satire) that span the best part of a millennium of humorous and satirical writing in the Islamic world, from classical Arabic to medieval and modern Persian, and Ottoman Turkish (and by extension Modern Greek). While acknowledging significant elements of continuity in the humorous across distinct languages, divergent time periods, and disparate geographical regions, the authors have not shied away from the particular and the specific. When viewed collectively, the findings presented in the essays collected here underscore the belief that humor as evidenced in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish narrative is a culturally modulated phenomenon, one that demands to be examined with reference to its historical framework and one that, in turn, communicates as much about those who produced humor as it does about those who enjoyed it.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780674066700
ISBN10 0674066707
Number Of Pages 172
Item Weight 254 g
Product Dimensions 152 x 229 x 10 mm
Publisher / Reseller Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Format paperback
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This fascinating collection of articles…enriches our knowledge of classical and modern literature in the Near and Middle East, showing the importance of wit and entertainment in writing throughout history, and alerting us to the challenge of decoding the authors' play with bawdy satire and delicate humor. -- Christine von Ruymbeke, University of Cambridge
These scholarly papers offer nuanced and comparative perspectives on interconnected literary and social histories. We learn to appreciate the place of humor—in its various manifestations in the form of jokes, witticisms, obscene and bawdy tales, and puns—both in religious and specific cultural settings. -- Sunil Sharma, Boston University

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Author's Bio

Dominic Parviz Brookshaw is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Persian Literature at Stanford University Olga M. Davidson is a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University. Anna Stavrakopoulou is Associate Professor of Theater Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

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