Arabic Poetics: Aesthetic Experience in Classical Arabic Literature

ISBN-13: 9781108490214 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 318 str.

Lara Harb

Opis

Reveals how an aesthetic of wonder underlay the classical Arabic treatments of poetry, the Quran, and Aristotelian poetics.

Recenzje

'Harb explores the evolution of the aesthetic theory of Arabic poetry in the middle Abbasid era. She demonstrates a shift from poetry valued for its 'naturalness' and 'truthfulness,' dating from pre-Islamic Arab times, to poetry esteemed for its 'eloquence' and ability to engender feelings of 'wonder' and 'discovery.' Harb argues that this new paradigm turns the notion of poetic beauty on its head … Finally, Harb offers this aesthetic as potentially relevant to the study of other literatures.' M. F. McClure, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Wonder: a new paradigm; 2. Wonder in Aristotelian Arabic poetics; 3. Discovery in Bayān; 4. Metaphor and the aesthetics of the sign; 5. Naẓm, wonder, and the inimitability of the Quran; Epilogue. Faṣāḥa, balāgha, and poetic beauty.