Thousand and One Nights - Space, Travel and Transformation

Informationen zum Autor Richard van Leeuwen Klappentext This volume discusses The Thousand and One Nights' themes of space and travel showing how they are used not only as a setting in which the story unfolds, but also as the dynamic force which propels the heroes and the story to the final dénouement. These events often symbolize a process of transformation, in which the hero has to search for his destined role or strive to attain the object of his desire. In this way, themes of travel are the narrative backbone of stories of various genres including love, religion, magic and adventure.This book not only gives a fresh approach to many stories of the collection, but also proposes new insights in the nature of The Thousand and one Nights as a self-reflexive narrative and is essential reading for scholars of Arabic literature. Zusammenfassung This book examines The Thousand and One Nights in terms of the tales' narrative and in particular using the idea of the journey and mobility as a tool to understanding the work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Travelling, Boundaries and Narratives 2. Roads to Power 3. Night and Day: The Two Faces of Man 4. Marginality, Individuality and the Traveller 5. The Spirit of Place 6. The Domains of Love 7. Magic and the Logic of Narrative Space 8. Some Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Richard van Leeuwen, Richard (University of Amsterdam Van Leeuwen, van Leeuwen Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2006
• EAN: 9780415400398
• ISBN: 978-0-415-40039-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures; Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Middle East, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, Literature: history and criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General