02895nam 22005652 450 991045791130332120151002020704.00-7486-5330-91-283-37008-597866133700820-7486-5405-4(CKB)2550000000074837(EBL)821653(OCoLC)818853412(SSID)ssj0000628260(PQKBManifestationID)11382716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628260(PQKBWorkID)10710864(PQKB)10441033(UkCbUP)CR9780748654055(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055623(MiAaPQ)EBC821653(Au-PeEL)EBL821653(CaPaEBR)ebr10518331(CaONFJC)MIL337008(EXLCZ)99255000000007483720120514d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierExploring Arab folk literature /Pierre Cachia[electronic resource]Edinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,2011.1 online resource (xxvii, 222 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-7486-4086-X Includes bibliographical references.Arabic literatures, "elite" and "folk" : junctions and disjunctions -- The Egyptian Mawwāl : its ancestry, its development, and its present forms -- The Nahda's first stirrings of interest in Alf Layla -- The career of Muṣtafā Ibrāhīm 'Ajāj : a giant of Egyptian popular literature -- The prophet's shirt : three versions of an Egyptian narrative ballad -- An uncommon use of nonsense verse in colloquial Arabic -- An early example of narrative verse in colloquial Arabic -- An incomplete Egyptian ballad on the 1956 War -- An hounour crime with a difference -- Pulp stories in the repertoire of Egyptian folk singers -- Karam il-Yatīm -- Of loose verse and masculine beauty -- A Zajal on the Miʻrāj attributed to al-X̲ubārī -- Two perspectives on the "other" in Arabic literature -- Maltese : Arabic roots and sundry grafts -- Social values reflected in Egyptian popular ballads -- Folk themes in the works of Najīb Surūr -- Elite treatment of honour crimes in Modern Egypt.The character and range of Arab folk literature are investigated by Pierre Cachia in this collection of his pioneering essays in the field.Folk literature, ArabicHistory and criticismFolk literature, ArabicHistory and criticism.398.2089927Cachia Pierre197682UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910457911303321Exploring Arab folk literature2452171UNINA